#B9842A#B9842A

#B9842A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.121 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9842A
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 12.25, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 54.99, 77.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0289 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.121 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6788, 26.9864, 5.8885)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9842A #2A5FB9

analogous

#B93C2A #B9842A #A7B92A

triadic

#B9842A #2AB984 #842AB9

tetradic

#B9842A #2AB93C #2A5FB9 #B92AA7

square

#B9842A #2AB93C #2A5FB9 #B92AA7

split-complementary

#B9842A #2AA7B9 #3C2AB9

monochromatic

#553D13 #87601F #B9842A #D6A24A #E1BC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B9842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#B9842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9842A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9842A	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98861C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.121 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a76a',
    500: '#b9842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9842a;
$custom-light: #d3a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.762,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65072,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9842A

secondary

#7594CA

accent

#7FE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9842A

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

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