#B9742C#B9742C

#B9742C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.121 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9742C
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 44)
HSL	hsl(31, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(31, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 21.20, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 53.37, 66.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0554 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.121 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7098, 22.9896, 5.4132)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9742C #2C71B9

analogous

#B92D2C #B9742C #B8B92C

triadic

#B9742C #2CB974 #742CB9

tetradic

#B9742C #2CB92D #2C71B9 #B92CB8

square

#B9742C #2CB92D #2C71B9 #B92CB8

split-complementary

#B9742C #2CB8B9 #2D2CB9

monochromatic

#563614 #885520 #B9742C #D5934D #E1B17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B9742C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B9742C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9742C

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9742C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9742C	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)

#8A7A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9742c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.121 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49c6a',
    500: '#b9742c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9742c;
$custom-light: #d49c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9742c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.638,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62041,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9742C

secondary

#78A0C9

accent

#92E543

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9742C

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

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