#B9712B#B9712B

#B9712B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.123 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9712B
RGB	rgb(185, 113, 43)
HSL	hsl(30, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(30, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, 22.82, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 53.79, 64.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.06 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.123 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3509, 22.3016, 5.2019)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9712B #2B73B9

analogous

#B92B2C #B9712B #B9B82B

triadic

#B9712B #2BB971 #712BB9

tetradic

#B9712B #2CB92B #2B73B9 #B82BB9

square

#B9712B #2CB92B #2B73B9 #B82BB9

split-complementary

#B9712B #2BB9B8 #2B2CB9

monochromatic

#563414 #87531F #B9712B #D5904C #E1AE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B9712B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B9712B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9712B

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9712B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9712B	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9712b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 113, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.123 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49a69',
    500: '#b9712b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9712b;
$custom-light: #d49a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9712b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.577,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61484,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9712B

secondary

#76A0C9

accent

#95E542

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9712B

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

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