#B8973E#B8973E

#B8973E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.114 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8973E
RGB	rgb(184, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 2.39, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 50.07, 87.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0029 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.114 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7049, 32.6733, 9.1931)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8973E #3E5FB8

analogous

#B85A3E #B8973E #9CB83E

triadic

#B8973E #3EB897 #973EB8

tetradic

#B8973E #3EB85A #3E5FB8 #B83E9C

square

#B8973E #3EB85A #3E5FB8 #B83E9C

split-complementary

#B8973E #3E9CB8 #5A3EB8

monochromatic

#5C4C1F #8A712F #B8973E #CCB167 #DBC895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B8973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B8973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8973E

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8973E	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)

#A79634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.114 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b577',
    500: '#b8973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8973e;
$custom-light: #d1b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.77,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68969,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8973E

secondary

#8B9BC7

accent

#74D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8973E

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

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