#B9842E#B9842E

#B9842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.119 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9842E
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 12.42, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 53.46, 76.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% 0.0299 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.119 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7540, 27.0164, 6.2845)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9842E #2E63B9

analogous

#B93E2E #B9842E #A9B92E

triadic

#B9842E #2EB984 #842EB9

tetradic

#B9842E #2EB93E #2E63B9 #B92EA9

square

#B9842E #2EB93E #2E63B9 #B92EA9

split-complementary

#B9842E #2EA9B9 #3E2EB9

monochromatic

#573E16 #886122 #B9842E #D4A251 #E0BC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B9842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#B9842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9842E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9842E	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)

#978622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.119 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a76c',
    500: '#b9842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9842e;
$custom-light: #d3a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.122,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65102,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9842E

secondary

#7A98C9

accent

#81E344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9842E

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

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