#B5872C#B5872C

#B5872C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.118 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5872C
RGB	rgb(181, 135, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 8.89, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 53.70, 80.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0196 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.118 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1765, 27.3357, 6.1747)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5872C #2C5AB5

analogous

#B5432C #B5872C #9FB52C

triadic

#B5872C #2CB587 #872CB5

tetradic

#B5872C #2CB543 #2C5AB5 #B52C9F

square

#B5872C #2CB543 #2C5AB5 #B52C9F

split-complementary

#B5872C #2C9FB5 #432CB5

monochromatic

#533E14 #846220 #B5872C #D3A54B #DFBE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B5872C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B5872C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5872C

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5872C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5872C	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)

#99881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C57A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5872c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 135, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.118 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a96b',
    500: '#b5872c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5872c;
$custom-light: #d0a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5872c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.854,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65227,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5872C

secondary

#7591C8

accent

#7AE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5872C

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

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