#B9833B#B9833B

#B9833B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9833B
RGB	rgb(185, 131, 59)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 13.65, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 47.97, 73.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0353 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.11 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9152, 26.8650, 7.7994)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9833B #3B71B9

analogous

#B9443B #B9833B #B0B93B

triadic

#B9833B #3BB983 #833BB9

tetradic

#B9833B #3BB944 #3B71B9 #B93BB0

square

#B9833B #3BB944 #3B71B9 #B93BB0

split-complementary

#B9833B #3BB0B9 #443BB9

monochromatic

#5C411D #8B622C #B9833B #CDA064 #DCBC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B9833B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B9833B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9833B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9833B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9833B	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9833b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 131, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a774',
    500: '#b9833b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9833b;
$custom-light: #d2a774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9833b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65028,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9833B

secondary

#88A3C7

accent

#8ADB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9833B

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

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