#B9822F#B9822F

#B9822F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.118 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9822F
RGB	rgb(185, 130, 47)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, 13.58, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 52.86, 75.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.0334 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.118 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5053, 26.4872, 6.3000)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9822F #2F66B9

analogous

#B93D2F #B9822F #ABB92F

triadic

#B9822F #2FB982 #822FB9

tetradic

#B9822F #2FB93D #2F66B9 #B92FAB

square

#B9822F #2FB93D #2F66B9 #B92FAB

split-complementary

#B9822F #2FABB9 #3D2FB9

monochromatic

#573D16 #886023 #B9822F #D3A052 #DFBB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B9822F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B9822F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9822F

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9822F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9822F	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#968524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9822f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 130, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.118 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a66d',
    500: '#b9822f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9822f;
$custom-light: #d3a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9822f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6472,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9822F

secondary

#7B9AC9

accent

#84E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9822F

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

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