#B5852B#B5852B

#B5852B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.118 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5852B
RGB	rgb(181, 133, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, 9.96, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 53.79, 79.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.0226 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.118 79)
XYZ	xyz(27.8815, 26.7754, 5.9847)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5852B #2B5BB5

analogous

#B5402B #B5852B #A0B52B

triadic

#B5852B #2BB585 #852BB5

tetradic

#B5852B #2BB540 #2B5BB5 #B52BA0

square

#B5852B #2BB540 #2B5BB5 #B52BA0

split-complementary

#B5852B #2BA0B5 #402BB5

monochromatic

#523C14 #84611F #B5852B #D4A449 #E0BD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B5852B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#B5852B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5852B

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5852B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5852B	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98861D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5852b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 133, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.118 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a86b',
    500: '#b5852b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5852b;
$custom-light: #d0a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5852b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64819,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.26773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5852B

secondary

#7491C8

accent

#7BE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5852B

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

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