#B4872D#B4872D

#B4872D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.117 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4872D
RGB	rgb(180, 135, 45)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 8.49, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 53.10, 80.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0186 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.117 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9618, 27.2228, 6.2639)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4872D #2D5AB4

analogous

#B4442D #B4872D #9EB42D

triadic

#B4872D #2DB487 #872DB4

tetradic

#B4872D #2DB444 #2D5AB4 #B42D9E

square

#B4872D #2DB444 #2D5AB4 #B42D9E

split-complementary

#B4872D #2D9EB4 #442DB4

monochromatic

#523E15 #836221 #B4872D #D2A54C #DEBE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B4872D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B4872D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4872D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4872D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4872D	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4872d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 135, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.117 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa96c',
    500: '#b4872d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4872d;
$custom-light: #cfa96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4872d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65123,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4872D

secondary

#7691C7

accent

#79E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4872D

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

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