#B9812E#B9812E

#B9812E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.118 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9812E
RGB	rgb(185, 129, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, 14.08, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 53.16, 74.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.0347 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.118 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3530, 26.2145, 6.1509)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9812E #2E66B9

analogous

#B93B2E #B9812E #ACB92E

triadic

#B9812E #2EB981 #812EB9

tetradic

#B9812E #2EB93B #2E66B9 #B92EAC

square

#B9812E #2EB93B #2E66B9 #B92EAC

split-complementary

#B9812E #2EACB9 #3B2EB9

monochromatic

#573D16 #885F22 #B9812E #D49F51 #E0BA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B9812E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#B9812E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9812E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9812E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9812E	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#958422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9812e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 129, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.118 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a56c',
    500: '#b9812e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9812e;
$custom-light: #d3a56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9812e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.827,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64517,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9812E

secondary

#7A9AC9

accent

#84E344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9812E

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

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