#B8822C#B8822C

#B8822C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.119 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8822C
RGB	rgb(184, 130, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 13.00, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 53.77, 76.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.0314 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.119 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2064, 26.3398, 5.9809)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8822C #2C62B8

analogous

#B83C2C #B8822C #A8B82C

triadic

#B8822C #2CB882 #822CB8

tetradic

#B8822C #2CB83C #2C62B8 #B82CA8

square

#B8822C #2CB83C #2C62B8 #B82CA8

split-complementary

#B8822C #2CA8B8 #3C2CB8

monochromatic

#553C14 #875F20 #B8822C #D4A04D #E0BA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B8822C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B8822C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8822C

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8822C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8822C	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)

#96851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8822c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 130, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.119 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a66b',
    500: '#b8822c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8822c;
$custom-light: #d2a66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8822c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64579,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8822C

secondary

#7797C9

accent

#81E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8822C

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

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