#B8822E#B8822E

#B8822E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.118 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8822E
RGB	rgb(184, 130, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, 13.09, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 52.99, 75.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.0319 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.118 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2449, 26.3552, 6.1837)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8822E #2E64B8

analogous

#B83D2E #B8822E #A9B82E

triadic

#B8822E #2EB882 #822EB8

tetradic

#B8822E #2EB83D #2E64B8 #B82EA9

square

#B8822E #2EB83D #2E64B8 #B82EA9

split-complementary

#B8822E #2EA9B8 #3D2EB8

monochromatic

#563D16 #875F22 #B8822E #D3A050 #DFBA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B8822E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B8822E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8822E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8822E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8822E	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)

#958522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8822e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 130, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.118 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a66c',
    500: '#b8822e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8822e;
$custom-light: #d2a66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8822e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64595,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8822E

secondary

#7998C8

accent

#83E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8822E

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

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