#B4872E#B4872E

#B4872E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.117 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4872E
RGB	rgb(180, 135, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 8.54, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 52.70, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0189 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.117 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9813, 27.2306, 6.3665)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4872E #2E5BB4

analogous

#B4442E #B4872E #9EB42E

triadic

#B4872E #2EB487 #872EB4

tetradic

#B4872E #2EB444 #2E5BB4 #B42E9E

square

#B4872E #2EB444 #2E5BB4 #B42E9E

split-complementary

#B4872E #2E9EB4 #442EB4

monochromatic

#533E15 #836222 #B4872E #D2A54E #DEBE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B4872E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B4872E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4872E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4872E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4872E	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4872e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 135, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.117 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa96d',
    500: '#b4872e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4872e;
$custom-light: #cfa96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4872e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65131,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4872E

secondary

#7792C7

accent

#7AE245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4872E

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

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