#B5842B#B5842B

#B5842B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.118 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5842B
RGB	rgb(181, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 10.51, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 53.66, 78.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.0242 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.118 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7453, 26.5029, 5.9393)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5842B #2B5CB5

analogous

#B53F2B #B5842B #A1B52B

triadic

#B5842B #2BB584 #842BB5

tetradic

#B5842B #2BB53F #2B5CB5 #B52BA1

square

#B5842B #2BB53F #2B5CB5 #B52BA1

split-complementary

#B5842B #2BA1B5 #3F2BB5

monochromatic

#523C14 #84601F #B5842B #D4A349 #E0BC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B5842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B5842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5842B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5842B	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.118 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a76b',
    500: '#b5842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5842b;
$custom-light: #d0a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.696,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6462,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5842B

secondary

#7492C8

accent

#7CE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5842B

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

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