#B9842C#B9842C

#B9842C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.120 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9842C
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 12.33, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 54.24, 76.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0294 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.12 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7155, 27.0010, 6.0817)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9842C #2C61B9

analogous

#B93E2C #B9842C #A7B92C

triadic

#B9842C #2CB984 #842CB9

tetradic

#B9842C #2CB93E #2C61B9 #B92CA7

square

#B9842C #2CB93E #2C61B9 #B92CA7

split-complementary

#B9842C #2CA7B9 #3E2CB9

monochromatic

#563D14 #886120 #B9842C #D5A24D #E1BC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B9842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#B9842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9842C

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9842C	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)

#97861F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.120 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a76b',
    500: '#b9842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9842c;
$custom-light: #d3a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.447,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65086,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9842C

secondary

#7896C9

accent

#80E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9842C

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

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