#B5873C#B5873C

#B5873C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.108 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5873C
RGB	rgb(181, 135, 60)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 9.74, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 47.02, 78.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0242 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.108 77)
XYZ	xyz(28.5374, 27.4800, 8.0752)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5873C #3C6AB5

analogous

#B54B3C #B5873C #A7B53C

triadic

#B5873C #3CB587 #873CB5

tetradic

#B5873C #3CB54B #3C6AB5 #B53CA7

square

#B5873C #3CB54B #3C6AB5 #B53CA7

split-complementary

#B5873C #3CA7B5 #4B3CB5

monochromatic

#59421E #87652D #B5873C #CBA463 #DBBF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B5873C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#B5873C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B5873C

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5873C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5873C	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3943E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5873c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 135, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.108 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa975',
    500: '#b5873c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5873c;
$custom-light: #cfa975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5873c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.19,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65373,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.27478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5873C

secondary

#879FC6

accent

#83DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5873C

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

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