#B9843E#B9843E

#B9843E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.108 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9843E
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 62)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 13.28, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 46.77, 73.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0346 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.108 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1302, 27.1669, 8.2660)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9843E #3E73B9

analogous

#B9463E #B9843E #B0B93E

triadic

#B9843E #3EB984 #843EB9

tetradic

#B9843E #3EB946 #3E73B9 #B93EB0

square

#B9843E #3EB946 #3E73B9 #B93EB0

split-complementary

#B9843E #3EB0B9 #463EB9

monochromatic

#5D431F #8B632F #B9843E #CCA168 #DCBE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B9843E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B9843E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9843E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9843E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9843E	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#968737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9843e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.108 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a776',
    500: '#b9843e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9843e;
$custom-light: #d2a776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9843e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.146,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65255,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9843E

secondary

#8CA5C7

accent

#8AD94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9843E

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

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