#B9742A#B9742A

#B9742A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.122 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9742A
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 42)
HSL	hsl(31, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(31, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 21.12, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 54.13, 67.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.0549 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.122 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6731, 22.9749, 5.2199)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9742A #2A6FB9

analogous

#B92C2A #B9742A #B7B92A

triadic

#B9742A #2AB974 #742AB9

tetradic

#B9742A #2AB92C #2A6FB9 #B92AB7

square

#B9742A #2AB92C #2A6FB9 #B92AB7

split-complementary

#B9742A #2AB7B9 #2C2AB9

monochromatic

#553513 #87551F #B9742A #D6934A #E1B07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B9742A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B9742A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9742A

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9742A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9742A	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.122 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49c69',
    500: '#b9742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9742a;
$custom-light: #d49c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.049,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62025,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9742A

secondary

#759ECA

accent

#91E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9742A

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

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