#B3891B#B3891B

#B3891B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3891B
RGB	rgb(179, 137, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 84.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 6.27, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 59.37, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0104 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.126 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7358, 27.5562, 4.8948)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3891B #1B45B3

analogous

#B33D1B #B3891B #91B31B

triadic

#B3891B #1BB389 #891BB3

tetradic

#B3891B #1BB33D #1B45B3 #B31B91

square

#B3891B #1BB33D #1B45B3 #B31B91

split-complementary

#B3891B #1B91B3 #3D1BB3

monochromatic

#49380B #7E6013 #B3891B #DFAE2C #E7C261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B3891B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B3891B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B3891B

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3891B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3891B	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3891b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 137, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfab63',
    500: '#b3891b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3891b;
$custom-light: #cfab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3891b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.421,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65306,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3891B

secondary

#5E7CCC

accent

#6AF037

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3891B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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