#B8852B#B8852B

#B8852B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.120 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8852B
RGB	rgb(184, 133, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 11.29, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 54.49, 78.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0263 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.12 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5927, 27.1421, 6.0181)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8852B #2B5EB8

analogous

#B83F2B #B8852B #A5B82B

triadic

#B8852B #2BB885 #852BB8

tetradic

#B8852B #2BB83F #2B5EB8 #B82BA5

square

#B8852B #2BB83F #2B5EB8 #B82BA5

split-complementary

#B8852B #2BA5B8 #3F2BB8

monochromatic

#553D14 #86611F #B8852B #D5A34B #E1BC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B8852B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B8852B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8852B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8852B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8852B	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)

#98871D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8852b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 133, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.120 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a86b',
    500: '#b8852b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8852b;
$custom-light: #d2a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8852b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65161,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8852B

secondary

#7694C9

accent

#7DE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8852B

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

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