#B5842D#B5842D

#B5842D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.117 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5842D
RGB	rgb(181, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 10.60, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 52.88, 78.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0247 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.117 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7829, 26.5179, 6.1373)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5842D #2D5EB5

analogous

#B5402D #B5842D #A2B52D

triadic

#B5842D #2DB584 #842DB5

tetradic

#B5842D #2DB540 #2D5EB5 #B52DA2

square

#B5842D #2DB540 #2D5EB5 #B52DA2

split-complementary

#B5842D #2DA2B5 #402DB5

monochromatic

#533D15 #846021 #B5842D #D3A24D #DFBC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B5842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B5842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5842D

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5842D	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)

#978620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.117 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a76c',
    500: '#b5842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5842d;
$custom-light: #d0a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64635,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5842D

secondary

#7694C7

accent

#7EE344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5842D

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

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