#B5872B#B5872B

#B5872B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.119 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5872B
RGB	rgb(181, 135, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 8.85, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 54.09, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0194 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.119 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1579, 27.3283, 6.0769)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5872B #2B59B5

analogous

#B5422B #B5872B #9EB52B

triadic

#B5872B #2BB587 #872BB5

tetradic

#B5872B #2BB542 #2B59B5 #B52B9E

square

#B5872B #2BB542 #2B59B5 #B52B9E

split-complementary

#B5872B #2B9EB5 #422BB5

monochromatic

#523D14 #84621F #B5872B #D4A649 #E0BE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B5872B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B5872B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5872B

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5872B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5872B	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5872b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 135, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.119 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a96b',
    500: '#b5872b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5872b;
$custom-light: #d0a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5872b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6522,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5872B

secondary

#7490C8

accent

#79E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5872B

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

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