#B9845B#B9845B

#B9845B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.086 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9845B
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 91)
HSL	hsl(26, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(26, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 50.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 15.55, 30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 33.91, 62.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.0453 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.086 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1487, 27.5743, 13.6300)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9845B #5B90B9

analogous

#B95B61 #B9845B #B9B35B

triadic

#B9845B #5BB984 #845BB9

tetradic

#B9845B #61B95B #5B90B9 #B35BB9

square

#B9845B #61B95B #5B90B9 #B35BB9

split-complementary

#B9845B #5BB9B3 #5B61B9

monochromatic

#6C492E #976640 #B9845B #CBA486 #DEC4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B9845B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B9845B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9845B

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9845B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9845B	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9845b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.086 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a78a',
    500: '#b9845b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9845b;
$custom-light: #d1a78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9845b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.17,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65667,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9845B

secondary

#A4BACC

accent

#9CD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9845B

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

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