#B4856E#B4856E

#B4856E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.067 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4856E
RGB	rgb(180, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(20, 32%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(20, 39%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 38.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 14.96, 19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 24.55, 52.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0455 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.067 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0254, 27.6060, 18.4958)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4856E #6E9DB4

analogous

#B46E7A #B4856E #B4A86E

triadic

#B4856E #6EB485 #856EB4

tetradic

#B4856E #7AB46E #6E9DB4 #A86EB4

square

#B4856E #7AB46E #6E9DB4 #A86EB4

split-complementary

#B4856E #6EB4A8 #6E7AB4

monochromatic

#6E4B39 #97664E #B4856E #C9A796 #DEC9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B4856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B4856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4856E

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4856E	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C936E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.067 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca897',
    500: '#b4856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4856e;
$custom-light: #cca897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.714,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65675,
    "c": 0.06695,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4856E

secondary

#B1C4CD

accent

#A6C860

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F9F4F2

border

#D2CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4856E

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

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