#B8853A#B8853A

#B8853A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.110 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8853A
RGB	rgb(184, 133, 58)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 12.05, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 48.36, 75.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.0305 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.11 74)
XYZ	xyz(28.9203, 27.2732, 7.7432)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8853A #3A6DB8

analogous

#B8463A #B8853A #ACB83A

triadic

#B8853A #3AB885 #853AB8

tetradic

#B8853A #3AB846 #3A6DB8 #B83AAC

square

#B8853A #3AB846 #3A6DB8 #B83AAC

split-complementary

#B8853A #3AACB8 #463AB8

monochromatic

#5B421D #89632B #B8853A #CDA262 #DCBD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B8853A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B8853A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8853A

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8853A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8853A	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8853a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 133, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.110 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a874',
    500: '#b8853a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8853a;
$custom-light: #d1a874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8853a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.714,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65294,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.27271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8853A

secondary

#87A1C7

accent

#86DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8853A

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

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