#B8842E#B8842E

#B8842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.118 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8842E
RGB	rgb(184, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, 11.98, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 53.21, 76.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0287 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.118 76)
XYZ	xyz(28.5136, 26.8925, 6.2733)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8842E #2E62B8

analogous

#B83F2E #B8842E #A7B82E

triadic

#B8842E #2EB884 #842EB8

tetradic

#B8842E #2EB83F #2E62B8 #B82EA7

square

#B8842E #2EB83F #2E62B8 #B82EA7

split-complementary

#B8842E #2EA7B8 #3F2EB8

monochromatic

#563E16 #876122 #B8842E #D3A250 #DFBC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B8842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#B8842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8842E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8842E	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)

#978622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.118 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a76c',
    500: '#b8842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8842e;
$custom-light: #d2a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64987,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.2689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8842E

secondary

#7997C8

accent

#80E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8842E

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

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