#B9802E#B9802E

#B9802E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.118 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9802E
RGB	rgb(185, 128, 46)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, 14.64, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 53.07, 73.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.0364 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.118 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2219, 25.9523, 6.1072)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9802E #2E67B9

analogous

#B93B2E #B9802E #ACB92E

triadic

#B9802E #2EB980 #802EB9

tetradic

#B9802E #2EB93B #2E67B9 #B92EAC

square

#B9802E #2EB93B #2E67B9 #B92EAC

split-complementary

#B9802E #2EACB9 #3B2EB9

monochromatic

#573C16 #885E22 #B9802E #D49E51 #E0B982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B9802E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#B9802E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9802E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9802E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9802E	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9802e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 128, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.118 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a46c',
    500: '#b9802e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9802e;
$custom-light: #d3a46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9802e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.396,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64323,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9802E

secondary

#7A9AC9

accent

#86E344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9802E

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

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