#B9822E#B9822E

#B9822E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.118 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9822E
RGB	rgb(185, 130, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, 13.53, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 53.25, 75.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.0331 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.118 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4854, 26.4792, 6.1950)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9822E #2E65B9

analogous

#B93D2E #B9822E #AAB92E

triadic

#B9822E #2EB982 #822EB9

tetradic

#B9822E #2EB93D #2E65B9 #B92EAA

square

#B9822E #2EB93D #2E65B9 #B92EAA

split-complementary

#B9822E #2EAAB9 #3D2EB9

monochromatic

#573D16 #886022 #B9822E #D4A051 #E0BB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B9822E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B9822E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9822E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9822E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9822E	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9822e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 130, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.118 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a66c',
    500: '#b9822e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9822e;
$custom-light: #d3a66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9822e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64711,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9822E

secondary

#7A99C9

accent

#83E344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9822E

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

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