#B9812B#B9812B

#B9812B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.120 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9812B
RGB	rgb(185, 129, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, 13.95, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 54.32, 75.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.034 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.12 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2959, 26.1916, 5.8503)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9812B #2B63B9

analogous

#B93A2B #B9812B #AAB92B

triadic

#B9812B #2BB981 #812BB9

tetradic

#B9812B #2BB93A #2B63B9 #B92BAA

square

#B9812B #2BB93A #2B63B9 #B92BAA

split-complementary

#B9812B #2BAAB9 #3A2BB9

monochromatic

#563C14 #875E1F #B9812B #D59F4C #E1BA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B9812B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#B9812B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9812B

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9812B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9812B	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9812b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 129, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.120 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a56a',
    500: '#b9812b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9812b;
$custom-light: #d3a56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9812b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.338,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64493,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9812B

secondary

#7697C9

accent

#83E542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9812B

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

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