#B8842A#B8842A

#B8842A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.120 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8842A
RGB	rgb(184, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 11.80, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 54.75, 77.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0276 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.12 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4384, 26.8624, 5.8772)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8842A #2A5EB8

analogous

#B83D2A #B8842A #A5B82A

triadic

#B8842A #2AB884 #842AB8

tetradic

#B8842A #2AB83D #2A5EB8 #B82AA5

square

#B8842A #2AB83D #2A5EB8 #B82AA5

split-complementary

#B8842A #2AA5B8 #3D2AB8

monochromatic

#543D13 #86601F #B8842A #D6A24A #E1BC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B8842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B8842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8842A

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8842A	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.120 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a76a',
    500: '#b8842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8842a;
$custom-light: #d2a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.028,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64956,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8842A

secondary

#7594C9

accent

#7EE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8842A

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

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