#B4856F#B4856F

#B4856F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.066 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4856F
RGB	rgb(180, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(19, 32%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(19, 38%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 38.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 15.08, 18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 24.20, 51.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0459 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.066 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0802, 27.6279, 18.7842)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4856F #6F9EB4

analogous

#B46F7C #B4856F #B4A76F

triadic

#B4856F #6FB485 #856FB4

tetradic

#B4856F #7CB46F #6F9EB4 #A76FB4

square

#B4856F #7CB46F #6F9EB4 #A76FB4

split-complementary

#B4856F #6FB4A7 #6F7CB4

monochromatic

#6F4B3A #97664F #B4856F #C9A797 #DEC9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B4856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B4856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4856F

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4856F	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C936F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.066 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca898',
    500: '#b4856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4856f;
$custom-light: #cca898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.13,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65697,
    "c": 0.06631,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4856F

secondary

#B1C4CD

accent

#A7C860

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F9F4F2

border

#D2CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4856F

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

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