#B6836D#B6836D

#B6836D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.071 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6836D
RGB	rgb(182, 131, 109)
HSL	hsl(18, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(18, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 40.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 16.78, 19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 25.85, 49.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.0508 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.071 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1692, 27.2838, 18.1423)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6836D #6DA0B6

analogous

#B66D7C #B6836D #B6A76D

triadic

#B6836D #6DB683 #836DB6

tetradic

#B6836D #7CB66D #6DA0B6 #A76DB6

square

#B6836D #7CB66D #6DA0B6 #A76DB6

split-complementary

#B6836D #6DB6A7 #6D7CB6

monochromatic

#704938 #99644D #B6836D #CAA696 #DFC8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B6836D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B6836D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B6836D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6836D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6836D	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90886B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C936D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6836d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 131, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.071 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea797',
    500: '#b6836d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6836d;
$custom-light: #cea797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6836d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.082,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65489,
    "c": 0.07096,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6836D

secondary

#B1C5CE

accent

#A9C95E

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F9F4F2

border

#D2CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6836D

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

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