#B5853D#B5853D

#B5853D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.106 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5853D
RGB	rgb(181, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, 10.91, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 46.28, 76.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0278 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.106 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2876, 26.9379, 8.1236)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5853D #3D6DB5

analogous

#B5493D #B5853D #A9B53D

triadic

#B5853D #3DB585 #853DB5

tetradic

#B5853D #3DB549 #3D6DB5 #B53DA9

square

#B5853D #3DB549 #3D6DB5 #B53DA9

split-complementary

#B5853D #3DA9B5 #493DB5

monochromatic

#59421E #87632E #B5853D #CBA264 #DABD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B5853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#B5853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5853D

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5853D	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.106 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa875',
    500: '#b5853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5853d;
$custom-light: #cfa875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64985,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5853D

secondary

#88A1C5

accent

#86D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5853D

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

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