#B8872F#B8872F

#B8872F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.118 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8872F
RGB	rgb(184, 135, 47)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 10.36, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 53.20, 78.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.0241 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.118 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9462, 27.7258, 6.5158)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8872F #2F60B8

analogous

#B8422F #B8872F #A4B82F

triadic

#B8872F #2FB887 #872FB8

tetradic

#B8872F #2FB842 #2F60B8 #B82FA4

square

#B8872F #2FB842 #2F60B8 #B82FA4

split-complementary

#B8872F #2FA4B8 #422FB8

monochromatic

#573F16 #876323 #B8872F #D3A452 #DFBE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B8872F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B8872F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8872F

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8872F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8872F	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)

#9A8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8872f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 135, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.118 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a96d',
    500: '#b8872f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8872f;
$custom-light: #d2a96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8872f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.54,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65588,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8872F

secondary

#7B96C8

accent

#7EE245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8872F

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

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