#B9844B#B9844B

#B9844B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.099 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9844B
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 75)
HSL	hsl(31, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 59.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 14.18, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 40.97, 69.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0391 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.099 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5306, 27.3271, 10.3746)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9844B #4B80B9

analogous

#B94D4B #B9844B #B7B94B

triadic

#B9844B #4BB984 #844BB9

tetradic

#B9844B #4BB94D #4B80B9 #B94BB7

square

#B9844B #4BB94D #4B80B9 #B94BB7

split-complementary

#B9844B #4BB7B9 #4D4BB9

monochromatic

#634627 #8F6538 #B9844B #CAA277 #DBC0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B9844B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B9844B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9844B

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9844B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9844B	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)

#958746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9844b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.099 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a77f',
    500: '#b9844b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9844b;
$custom-light: #d1a77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9844b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.091,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65417,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9844B

secondary

#98AFC8

accent

#92D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9844B

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

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