#B8842F#B8842F

#B8842F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.117 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8842F
RGB	rgb(184, 132, 47)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 12.03, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 52.82, 76.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0289 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.117 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5335, 26.9004, 6.3783)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8842F #2F63B8

analogous

#B83F2F #B8842F #A7B82F

triadic

#B8842F #2FB884 #842FB8

tetradic

#B8842F #2FB83F #2F63B8 #B82FA7

square

#B8842F #2FB83F #2F63B8 #B82FA7

split-complementary

#B8842F #2FA7B8 #3F2FB8

monochromatic

#573E16 #876123 #B8842F #D3A252 #DFBC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B8842F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#B8842F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8842F

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8842F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8842F	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)

#978623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8842f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 132, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.117 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a76d',
    500: '#b8842f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8842f;
$custom-light: #d2a76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8842f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.226,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64995,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8842F

secondary

#7B98C8

accent

#81E245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8842F

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

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