#B9843C#B9843C

#B9843C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.110 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9843C
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 60)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 13.16, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 47.65, 73.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.034 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.11 72)
XYZ	xyz(29.0764, 27.1454, 7.9823)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9843C #3C71B9

analogous

#B9463C #B9843C #AFB93C

triadic

#B9843C #3CB984 #843CB9

tetradic

#B9843C #3CB946 #3C71B9 #B93CAF

square

#B9843C #3CB946 #3C71B9 #B93CAF

split-complementary

#B9843C #3CAFB9 #463CB9

monochromatic

#5D421E #8B632D #B9843C #CDA165 #DCBD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B9843C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B9843C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9843C

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9843C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9843C	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)

#978734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9843c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.110 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a775',
    500: '#b9843c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9843c;
$custom-light: #d2a775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9843c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.56,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65233,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.27143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9843C

secondary

#89A4C7

accent

#89DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9843C

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

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