#B8842B#B8842B

#B8842B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.120 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8842B
RGB	rgb(184, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 11.85, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 54.37, 77.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0279 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.12 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4565, 26.8696, 5.9727)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8842B #2B5FB8

analogous

#B83D2B #B8842B #A6B82B

triadic

#B8842B #2BB884 #842BB8

tetradic

#B8842B #2BB83D #2B5FB8 #B82BA6

square

#B8842B #2BB83D #2B5FB8 #B82BA6

split-complementary

#B8842B #2BA6B8 #3D2BB8

monochromatic

#553D14 #86601F #B8842B #D5A24B #E1BC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B8842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B8842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8842B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8842B	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#97861D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.120 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a76b',
    500: '#b8842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8842b;
$custom-light: #d2a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64964,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8842B

secondary

#7694C9

accent

#7FE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8842B

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

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