#B8842D#B8842D

#B8842D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8842D
RGB	rgb(184, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, 11.93, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 53.60, 77.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0284 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.119 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4941, 26.8847, 6.1707)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8842D #2D61B8

analogous

#B83E2D #B8842D #A7B82D

triadic

#B8842D #2DB884 #842DB8

tetradic

#B8842D #2DB83E #2D61B8 #B82DA7

square

#B8842D #2DB83E #2D61B8 #B82DA7

split-complementary

#B8842D #2DA7B8 #3E2DB8

monochromatic

#563D15 #876121 #B8842D #D4A24E #E0BC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B8842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#B8842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8842D

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8842D	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a76c',
    500: '#b8842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8842d;
$custom-light: #d2a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64979,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8842D

secondary

#7896C9

accent

#80E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8842D

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

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