#B8872C#B8872C

#B8872C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8872C
RGB	rgb(184, 135, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 10.23, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 54.37, 79.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0233 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.12 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8877, 27.7024, 6.2080)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8872C #2C5DB8

analogous

#B8412C #B8872C #A3B82C

triadic

#B8872C #2CB887 #872CB8

tetradic

#B8872C #2CB841 #2C5DB8 #B82CA3

square

#B8872C #2CB841 #2C5DB8 #B82CA3

split-complementary

#B8872C #2CA3B8 #412CB8

monochromatic

#553F14 #876320 #B8872C #D4A54D #E0BE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B8872C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B8872C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8872C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8872C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8872C	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)

#9A881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8872c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 135, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a96b',
    500: '#b8872c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8872c;
$custom-light: #d2a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8872c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65565,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8872C

secondary

#7794C9

accent

#7CE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8872C

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

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