#B4822B#B4822B

#B4822B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.117 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4822B
RGB	rgb(180, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 11.18, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 53.16, 77.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0262 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.117 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2430, 25.8452, 5.8388)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4822B #2B5DB4

analogous

#B43D2B #B4822B #A1B42B

triadic

#B4822B #2BB482 #822BB4

tetradic

#B4822B #2BB43D #2B5DB4 #B42BA1

square

#B4822B #2BB43D #2B5DB4 #B42BA1

split-complementary

#B4822B #2BA1B4 #3D2BB4

monochromatic

#513B13 #835E1F #B4822B #D3A149 #DFBA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B4822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#B4822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4822B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4822B	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.117 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa66a',
    500: '#b4822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4822b;
$custom-light: #cfa66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.102,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64108,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4822B

secondary

#7392C7

accent

#7EE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4822B

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

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