#B9742B#B9742B

#B9742B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.122 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9742B
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 43)
HSL	hsl(31, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(31, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 21.16, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 53.75, 66.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.0551 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.122 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6912, 22.9821, 5.3154)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9742B #2B70B9

analogous

#B92D2B #B9742B #B7B92B

triadic

#B9742B #2BB974 #742BB9

tetradic

#B9742B #2BB92D #2B70B9 #B92BB7

square

#B9742B #2BB92D #2B70B9 #B92BB7

split-complementary

#B9742B #2BB7B9 #2D2BB9

monochromatic

#563614 #87551F #B9742B #D5934C #E1B17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B9742B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B9742B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9742B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9742B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9742B	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9742b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.122 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49c69',
    500: '#b9742b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9742b;
$custom-light: #d49c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9742b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.845,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62033,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9742B

secondary

#769FC9

accent

#92E542

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9742B

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

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