#B5873B#B5873B

#B5873B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.108 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5873B
RGB	rgb(181, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 9.68, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 47.46, 78.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0239 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.108 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5112, 27.4696, 7.9373)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5873B #3B69B5

analogous

#B54A3B #B5873B #A6B53B

triadic

#B5873B #3BB587 #873BB5

tetradic

#B5873B #3BB54A #3B69B5 #B53BA6

square

#B5873B #3BB54A #3B69B5 #B53BA6

split-complementary

#B5873B #3BA6B5 #4A3BB5

monochromatic

#59421D #87652C #B5873B #CCA462 #DBBE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B5873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B5873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5873B

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5873B	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.108 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa974',
    500: '#b5873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5873b;
$custom-light: #cfa974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.377,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65362,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5873B

secondary

#869EC6

accent

#83DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5873B

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

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