#B9783E#B9783E

#B9783E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.110 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9783E
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 62)
HSL	hsl(28, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, 19.94, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 46.09, 64.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0543 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.11 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5955, 24.0975, 7.7544)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9783E #3E7FB9

analogous

#B93E41 #B9783E #B9B53E

triadic

#B9783E #3EB978 #783EB9

tetradic

#B9783E #41B93E #3E7FB9 #B53EB9

square

#B9783E #41B93E #3E7FB9 #B53EB9

split-complementary

#B9783E #3EB9B5 #3E41B9

monochromatic

#5D3D1F #8B5A2F #B9783E #CC9768 #DCB796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#B9783E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#B9783E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9783E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9783E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9783E	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9783e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.110 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f75',
    500: '#b9783e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9783e;
$custom-light: #d29f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9783e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.293,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62966,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9783E

secondary

#8CABC7

accent

#98D94E

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9783E

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

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