#B9844A#B9844A

#B9844A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.099 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9844A
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 74)
HSL	hsl(31, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 60%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 14.11, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 41.42, 70.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0388 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.099 67)
XYZ	xyz(29.4966, 27.3135, 10.1957)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9844A #4A7FB9

analogous

#B94C4A #B9844A #B7B94A

triadic

#B9844A #4AB984 #844AB9

tetradic

#B9844A #4AB94C #4A7FB9 #B94AB7

square

#B9844A #4AB94C #4A7FB9 #B94AB7

split-complementary

#B9844A #4AB7B9 #4C4AB9

monochromatic

#634626 #8F6537 #B9844A #CAA276 #DBC0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B9844A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B9844A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9844A

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9844A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9844A	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9844a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.099 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a77e',
    500: '#b9844a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9844a;
$custom-light: #d1a77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9844a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.351,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65404,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.27311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9844A

secondary

#97AEC8

accent

#91D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9844A

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

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