#B8872B#B8872B

#B8872B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8872B
RGB	rgb(184, 135, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 10.19, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 54.75, 79.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.0231 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.12 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8692, 27.6950, 6.1102)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8872B #2B5CB8

analogous

#B8412B #B8872B #A3B82B

triadic

#B8872B #2BB887 #872BB8

tetradic

#B8872B #2BB841 #2B5CB8 #B82BA3

square

#B8872B #2BB841 #2B5CB8 #B82BA3

split-complementary

#B8872B #2BA3B8 #412BB8

monochromatic

#553E14 #86631F #B8872B #D5A54B #E1BE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B8872B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B8872B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8872B

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8872B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8872B	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8872b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 135, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a96b',
    500: '#b8872b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8872b;
$custom-light: #d2a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8872b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.149,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65557,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8872B

secondary

#7693C9

accent

#7BE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8872B

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

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