#B9803B#B9803B

#B9803B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.110 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9803B
RGB	rgb(185, 128, 59)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 15.32, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 47.70, 71.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.0402 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.11 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5181, 26.0708, 7.6670)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9803B #3B74B9

analogous

#B9413B #B9803B #B3B93B

triadic

#B9803B #3BB980 #803BB9

tetradic

#B9803B #3BB941 #3B74B9 #B93BB3

square

#B9803B #3BB941 #3B74B9 #B93BB3

split-complementary

#B9803B #3BB3B9 #413BB9

monochromatic

#5C401D #8B602C #B9803B #CD9E64 #DCBB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B9803B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B9803B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9803B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9803B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9803B	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9803b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 128, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.110 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a474',
    500: '#b9803b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9803b;
$custom-light: #d2a474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9803b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.857,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64447,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9803B

secondary

#88A5C7

accent

#8DDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9803B

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

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