#B5862B#B5862B

#B5862B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5862B
RGB	rgb(181, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 9.40, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 53.94, 79.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.021 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.119 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0191, 27.0505, 6.0306)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5862B #2B5AB5

analogous

#B5412B #B5862B #9FB52B

triadic

#B5862B #2BB586 #862BB5

tetradic

#B5862B #2BB541 #2B5AB5 #B52B9F

square

#B5862B #2BB541 #2B5AB5 #B52B9F

split-complementary

#B5862B #2B9FB5 #412BB5

monochromatic

#523D14 #84611F #B5862B #D4A549 #E0BD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B5862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#B5862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5862B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5862B	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a96b',
    500: '#b5862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5862b;
$custom-light: #d0a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65019,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5862B

secondary

#7491C8

accent

#7AE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5862B

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

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