#B8862F#B8862F

#B8862F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.118 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8862F
RGB	rgb(184, 134, 47)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 10.92, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 53.07, 78.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.0257 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.118 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8073, 27.4481, 6.4696)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8862F #2F61B8

analogous

#B8412F #B8862F #A5B82F

triadic

#B8862F #2FB886 #862FB8

tetradic

#B8862F #2FB841 #2F61B8 #B82FA5

square

#B8862F #2FB841 #2F61B8 #B82FA5

split-complementary

#B8862F #2FA5B8 #412FB8

monochromatic

#573F16 #876223 #B8862F #D3A452 #DFBD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B8862F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B8862F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8862F

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8862F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8862F	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8862f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 134, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.118 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a96d',
    500: '#b8862f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8862f;
$custom-light: #d2a96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8862f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.102,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6539,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8862F

secondary

#7B97C8

accent

#7FE245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8862F

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

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