#B9822A#B9822A

#B9822A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.121 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9822A
RGB	rgb(185, 130, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, 13.36, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 54.79, 75.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0321 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.121 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4102, 26.4491, 5.7990)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9822A #2A61B9

analogous

#B93A2A #B9822A #A9B92A

triadic

#B9822A #2AB982 #822AB9

tetradic

#B9822A #2AB93A #2A61B9 #B92AA9

square

#B9822A #2AB93A #2A61B9 #B92AA9

split-complementary

#B9822A #2AA9B9 #3A2AB9

monochromatic

#553C13 #875F1F #B9822A #D6A04A #E1BA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B9822A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B9822A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9822A

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9822A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9822A	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9822a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 130, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.121 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a66a',
    500: '#b9822a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9822a;
$custom-light: #d3a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9822a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6468,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9822A

secondary

#7596CA

accent

#81E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9822A

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

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