#B8842C#B8842C

#B8842C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8842C
RGB	rgb(184, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 11.89, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 53.99, 77.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.0281 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.119 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4750, 26.8771, 6.0705)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8842C #2C60B8

analogous

#B83E2C #B8842C #A6B82C

triadic

#B8842C #2CB884 #842CB8

tetradic

#B8842C #2CB83E #2C60B8 #B82CA6

square

#B8842C #2CB83E #2C60B8 #B82CA6

split-complementary

#B8842C #2CA6B8 #3E2CB8

monochromatic

#553D14 #876120 #B8842C #D4A24D #E0BC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B8842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B8842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8842C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8842C	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)

#97861F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a76b',
    500: '#b8842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8842c;
$custom-light: #d2a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64971,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8842C

secondary

#7795C9

accent

#7FE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8842C

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

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