#B8973D#B8973D

#B8973D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.114 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8973D
RGB	rgb(184, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, 2.32, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 50.51, 87.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0026 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.114 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6777, 32.6624, 9.0499)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8973D #3D5EB8

analogous

#B8593D #B8973D #9CB83D

triadic

#B8973D #3DB897 #973DB8

tetradic

#B8973D #3DB859 #3D5EB8 #B83D9C

square

#B8973D #3DB859 #3D5EB8 #B83D9C

split-complementary

#B8973D #3D9CB8 #593DB8

monochromatic

#5C4C1F #8A712E #B8973D #CCB166 #DBC894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B8973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B8973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8973D

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8973D	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)

#A89632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.114 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b577',
    500: '#b8973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8973d;
$custom-light: #d1b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68959,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8973D

secondary

#8A9AC7

accent

#74DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8973D

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

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