#B5853C#B5853C

#B5853C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.107 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5853C
RGB	rgb(181, 133, 60)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 10.85, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 46.72, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0275 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.107 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2610, 26.9272, 7.9831)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5853C #3C6CB5

analogous

#B5483C #B5853C #A9B53C

triadic

#B5853C #3CB585 #853CB5

tetradic

#B5853C #3CB548 #3C6CB5 #B53CA9

square

#B5853C #3CB548 #3C6CB5 #B53CA9

split-complementary

#B5853C #3CA9B5 #483CB5

monochromatic

#59411E #87632D #B5853C #CBA263 #DBBD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B5853C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#B5853C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5853C

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5853C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5853C	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)

#978734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5853c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 133, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.107 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa875',
    500: '#b5853c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5853c;
$custom-light: #cfa875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5853c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.198,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64975,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5853C

secondary

#87A0C6

accent

#85DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5853C

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

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