#B8852A#B8852A

#B8852A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.120 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8852A
RGB	rgb(184, 133, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 11.25, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 54.87, 78.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.026 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.12 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5746, 27.1349, 5.9226)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8852A #2A5DB8

analogous

#B83E2A #B8852A #A4B82A

triadic

#B8852A #2AB885 #852AB8

tetradic

#B8852A #2AB83E #2A5DB8 #B82AA4

square

#B8852A #2AB83E #2A5DB8 #B82AA4

split-complementary

#B8852A #2AA4B8 #3E2AB8

monochromatic

#543D13 #86611F #B8852A #D6A34A #E1BD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B8852A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B8852A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8852A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8852A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8852A	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8852a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 133, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.120 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a86a',
    500: '#b8852a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8852a;
$custom-light: #d2a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8852a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65153,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8852A

secondary

#7593C9

accent

#7DE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8852A

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

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