#B8742B#B8742B

#B8742B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.121 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B8742B
RGBrgb(184, 116, 43)
HSLhsl(31, 62%, 45%)
HSVhsv(31, 77%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 37%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(54.93, 20.72, 49.24)
CIE-LCHlch(54.93, 53.43, 67.18°)
OKLaboklab(61.91% 0.0539 0.1083)
OKLCHoklch(61.91% 0.121 63.5)
XYZxyz(26.4507, 22.8581, 5.3041)
Luminance0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B8742B #2B6FB8
analogous
#B82E2B #B8742B #B6B82B
triadic
#B8742B #2BB874 #742BB8
tetradic
#B8742B #2BB82E #2B6FB8 #B82BB6
square
#B8742B #2BB82E #2B6FB8 #B82BB6
split-complementary
#B8742B #2BB6B8 #2E2BB8
monochromatic
#553514 #86551F #B8742B #D5934B #E1B07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77
#B8742B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57
#B8742B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8742B
5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B8742B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B8742B1.003.775.575.57
#FFFFFF3.771.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5721.001.001.00
##0000005.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#897A21
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9A8A2C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C96465
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b8742b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 116, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.121 63.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c69',
    500: '#b8742b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b8742b;
$custom-light: #d39c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b8742b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.064,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61906,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B8742B
secondary
#769EC9
accent
#91E543
background
#FDF9F6
surface
#FBF2EB
border
#D4CCC6
text
#150E07
muted
#837E7A

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#B8742B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva