#B8862B#B8862B

#B8862B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8862B
RGB	rgb(184, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 10.74, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 54.62, 78.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0247 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.12 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7303, 27.4173, 6.0639)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8862B #2B5DB8

analogous

#B83F2B #B8862B #A4B82B

triadic

#B8862B #2BB886 #862BB8

tetradic

#B8862B #2BB83F #2B5DB8 #B82BA4

square

#B8862B #2BB83F #2B5DB8 #B82BA4

split-complementary

#B8862B #2BA4B8 #3F2BB8

monochromatic

#553E14 #86621F #B8862B #D5A44B #E1BD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B8862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B8862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8862B

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8862B	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a96b',
    500: '#b8862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8862b;
$custom-light: #d2a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.723,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65359,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8862B

secondary

#7693C9

accent

#7CE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8862B

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

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