#B9843B#B9843B

#B9843B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.110 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9843B
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 59)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 13.10, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 48.08, 74.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0336 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.11 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0502, 27.1349, 7.8444)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9843B #3B70B9

analogous

#B9453B #B9843B #AFB93B

triadic

#B9843B #3BB984 #843BB9

tetradic

#B9843B #3BB945 #3B70B9 #B93BAF

square

#B9843B #3BB945 #3B70B9 #B93BAF

split-complementary

#B9843B #3BAFB9 #453BB9

monochromatic

#5C421D #8B632C #B9843B #CDA164 #DCBD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B9843B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B9843B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9843B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9843B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9843B	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9843b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.110 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a774',
    500: '#b9843b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9843b;
$custom-light: #d2a774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9843b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.762,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65223,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9843B

secondary

#88A3C7

accent

#89DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9843B

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

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