#B5822B#B5822B

#B5822B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.118 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5822B
RGB	rgb(181, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 11.62, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 53.41, 77.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.0274 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.118 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4767, 25.9657, 5.8498)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5822B #2B5EB5

analogous

#B53D2B #B5822B #A3B52B

triadic

#B5822B #2BB582 #822BB5

tetradic

#B5822B #2BB53D #2B5EB5 #B52BA3

square

#B5822B #2BB53D #2B5EB5 #B52BA3

split-complementary

#B5822B #2BA3B5 #3D2BB5

monochromatic

#523B14 #845E1F #B5822B #D4A149 #E0BA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B5822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#B5822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5822B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5822B	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.118 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a66a',
    500: '#b5822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5822b;
$custom-light: #d0a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64224,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5822B

secondary

#7493C8

accent

#7FE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5822B

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

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