#B3994E#B3994E

#B3994E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.100 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3994E
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, 0.26, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 42.45, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0009 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.1 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3581, 32.9178, 11.9083)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3994E #4E68B3

analogous

#B3664E #B3994E #9BB34E

triadic

#B3994E #4EB399 #994EB3

tetradic

#B3994E #4EB366 #4E68B3 #B34E9B

square

#B3994E #4EB366 #4E68B3 #B34E9B

split-complementary

#B3994E #4E9BB3 #664EB3

monochromatic

#5E5028 #89753B #B3994E #C5B279 #D8CAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B3994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B3994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3994E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3994E	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.100 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb682',
    500: '#b3994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3994e;
$custom-light: #ccb682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.554,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69064,
    "c": 0.09964,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3994E

secondary

#98A3C5

accent

#77D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3994E

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

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