#B8822B#B8822B

#B8822B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.120 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8822B
RGB	rgb(184, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, 12.96, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 54.15, 76.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.0311 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.12 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1879, 26.3324, 5.8831)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8822B #2B61B8

analogous

#B83B2B #B8822B #A8B82B

triadic

#B8822B #2BB882 #822BB8

tetradic

#B8822B #2BB83B #2B61B8 #B82BA8

square

#B8822B #2BB83B #2B61B8 #B82BA8

split-complementary

#B8822B #2BA8B8 #3B2BB8

monochromatic

#553C14 #865F1F #B8822B #D5A04B #E1BA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B8822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B8822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8822B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8822B	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.120 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a66a',
    500: '#b8822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8822b;
$custom-light: #d2a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64571,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8822B

secondary

#7696C9

accent

#81E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8822B

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

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