#B9742F#B9742F

#B9742F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.120 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9742F
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 47)
HSL	hsl(30, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(30, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 21.34, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 52.21, 65.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.0562 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.12 62)
XYZ	xyz(26.7682, 23.0129, 5.7210)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9742F #2F74B9

analogous

#B92F2F #B9742F #B9B92F

triadic

#B9742F #2FB974 #742FB9

tetradic

#B9742F #2FB92F #2F74B9 #B92FB9

square

#B9742F #2FB92F #2F74B9 #B92FB9

split-complementary

#B9742F #2FB9B9 #2F2FB9

monochromatic

#573716 #885523 #B9742F #D39352 #DFB183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B9742F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B9742F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9742F

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9742F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9742F	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)

#897A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9742f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.120 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c6c',
    500: '#b9742f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9742f;
$custom-light: #d39c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9742f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62067,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.2301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9742F

secondary

#7BA2C9

accent

#94E345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9742F

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

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