#B8973C#B8973C

#B8973C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.115 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8973C
RGB	rgb(184, 151, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 67.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 2.27, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 50.94, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0023 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.115 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6511, 32.6517, 8.9094)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8973C #3C5DB8

analogous

#B8593C #B8973C #9BB83C

triadic

#B8973C #3CB897 #973CB8

tetradic

#B8973C #3CB859 #3C5DB8 #B83C9B

square

#B8973C #3CB859 #3C5DB8 #B83C9B

split-complementary

#B8973C #3C9BB8 #593CB8

monochromatic

#5C4B1E #8A712D #B8973C #CDB165 #DCC893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B8973C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B8973C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8973C

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8973C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8973C	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)

#A89531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.115 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b576',
    500: '#b8973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8973c;
$custom-light: #d1b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.032,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68949,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8973C

secondary

#8999C7

accent

#73DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8973C

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

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