#B9803E#B9803E

#B9803E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.108 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9803E
RGB	rgb(185, 128, 62)
HSL	hsl(32, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, 15.50, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 46.41, 70.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.0412 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.108 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5982, 26.1028, 8.0887)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9803E #3E77B9

analogous

#B9423E #B9803E #B4B93E

triadic

#B9803E #3EB980 #803EB9

tetradic

#B9803E #3EB942 #3E77B9 #B93EB4

square

#B9803E #3EB942 #3E77B9 #B93EB4

split-complementary

#B9803E #3EB4B9 #423EB9

monochromatic

#5D411F #8B602F #B9803E #CC9E68 #DCBB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B9803E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#B9803E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9803E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9803E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9803E	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9803e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 128, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.108 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a476',
    500: '#b9803e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9803e;
$custom-light: #d2a476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9803e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.195,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6448,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9803E

secondary

#8CA7C7

accent

#8FD94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9803E

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

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