#B8973B#B8973B

#B8973B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.116 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8973B
RGB	rgb(184, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, 2.21, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 51.38, 87.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% 0.002 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.116 89)
XYZ	xyz(31.6249, 32.6412, 8.7715)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8973B #3B5CB8

analogous

#B8593B #B8973B #9AB83B

triadic

#B8973B #3BB897 #973BB8

tetradic

#B8973B #3BB859 #3B5CB8 #B83B9A

square

#B8973B #3BB859 #3B5CB8 #B83B9A

split-complementary

#B8973B #3B9AB8 #593BB8

monochromatic

#5B4B1D #8A712C #B8973B #CDB163 #DCC892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B8973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B8973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8973B

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8973B	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.116 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b576',
    500: '#b8973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8973b;
$custom-light: #d1b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6894,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.32639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8973B

secondary

#8899C7

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8973B

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

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