#B5853B#B5853B

#B5853B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.108 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5853B
RGB	rgb(181, 133, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 10.79, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 47.16, 76.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0271 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.108 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2348, 26.9167, 7.8452)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5853B #3B6BB5

analogous

#B5483B #B5853B #A8B53B

triadic

#B5853B #3BB585 #853BB5

tetradic

#B5853B #3BB548 #3B6BB5 #B53BA8

square

#B5853B #3BB548 #3B6BB5 #B53BA8

split-complementary

#B5853B #3BA8B5 #483BB5

monochromatic

#59411D #87632C #B5853B #CCA262 #DBBD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B5853B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#B5853B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5853B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5853B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5853B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5853b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 133, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.108 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa874',
    500: '#b5853b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5853b;
$custom-light: #cfa874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5853b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.393,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64964,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5853B

secondary

#869FC6

accent

#85DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5853B

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

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