#B5863D#B5863D

#B5863D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.107 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5863D
RGB	rgb(181, 134, 61)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 10.36, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 46.42, 77.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0261 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.107 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4252, 27.2130, 8.1695)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5863D #3D6CB5

analogous

#B54A3D #B5863D #A8B53D

triadic

#B5863D #3DB586 #863DB5

tetradic

#B5863D #3DB54A #3D6CB5 #B53DA8

square

#B5863D #3DB54A #3D6CB5 #B53DA8

split-complementary

#B5863D #3DA8B5 #4A3DB5

monochromatic

#59421E #87642E #B5863D #CBA364 #DABE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B5863D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B5863D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5863D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5863D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5863D	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5863d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 134, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.107 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa975',
    500: '#b5863d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5863d;
$custom-light: #cfa975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5863d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65184,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5863D

secondary

#88A0C5

accent

#85D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5863D

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

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