#B8812B#B8812B

#B8812B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.119 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8812B
RGB	rgb(184, 129, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 13.51, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 54.06, 75.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.0327 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.12 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0555, 26.0677, 5.8390)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8812B #2B62B8

analogous

#B83B2B #B8812B #A9B82B

triadic

#B8812B #2BB881 #812BB8

tetradic

#B8812B #2BB83B #2B62B8 #B82BA9

square

#B8812B #2BB83B #2B62B8 #B82BA9

split-complementary

#B8812B #2BA9B8 #3B2BB8

monochromatic

#553B14 #865E1F #B8812B #D59F4B #E1BA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B8812B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B8812B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8812B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8812B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8812B	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8812b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 129, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.119 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a56a',
    500: '#b8812b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8812b;
$custom-light: #d2a56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8812b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.596,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64376,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8812B

secondary

#7696C9

accent

#82E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8812B

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

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