#B5853E#B5853E

#B5853E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.106 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5853E
RGB	rgb(181, 133, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 10.97, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 45.83, 76.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0281 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.106 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3148, 26.9487, 8.2668)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5853E #3E6EB5

analogous

#B5493E #B5853E #AAB53E

triadic

#B5853E #3EB585 #853EB5

tetradic

#B5853E #3EB549 #3E6EB5 #B53EAA

square

#B5853E #3EB549 #3E6EB5 #B53EAA

split-complementary

#B5853E #3EAAB5 #493EB5

monochromatic

#5A421F #87642E #B5853E #CAA266 #DABE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B5853E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#B5853E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5853E

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5853E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5853E	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)

#978737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5853e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 133, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.106 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa876',
    500: '#b5853e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5853e;
$custom-light: #cfa876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5853e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.798,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64997,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5853E

secondary

#89A2C5

accent

#87D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5853E

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

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