#B9743B#B9743B

#B9743B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.113 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9743B
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 59)
HSL	hsl(27, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 21.97, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 47.37, 62.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.06 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.113 58)
XYZ	xyz(27.0444, 23.1234, 7.1758)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9743B #3B80B9

analogous

#B93B41 #B9743B #B9B33B

triadic

#B9743B #3BB974 #743BB9

tetradic

#B9743B #41B93B #3B80B9 #B33BB9

square

#B9743B #41B93B #3B80B9 #B33BB9

split-complementary

#B9743B #3BB9B3 #3B41B9

monochromatic

#5C3A1D #8B572C #B9743B #CD9464 #DCB492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B9743B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#B9743B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9743B

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9743B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9743B	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9743b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.113 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c73',
    500: '#b9743b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9743b;
$custom-light: #d39c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9743b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.143,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62192,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.23121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9743B

secondary

#88ABC7

accent

#9BDB4D

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9743B

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

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