#B9742D#B9742D

#B9742D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.121 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9742D
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 45)
HSL	hsl(30, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(30, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 21.25, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 52.99, 66.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.0557 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.121 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7288, 22.9972, 5.5134)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9742D #2D72B9

analogous

#B92E2D #B9742D #B8B92D

triadic

#B9742D #2DB974 #742DB9

tetradic

#B9742D #2DB92E #2D72B9 #B92DB8

square

#B9742D #2DB92E #2D72B9 #B92DB8

split-complementary

#B9742D #2DB8B9 #2E2DB9

monochromatic

#573615 #885521 #B9742D #D4934F #E0B180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B9742D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B9742D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9742D

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9742D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9742D	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)

#8A7A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9742d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.121 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c6a',
    500: '#b9742d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9742d;
$custom-light: #d39c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9742d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.429,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6205,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9742D

secondary

#79A0C9

accent

#93E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9742D

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

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