#B9845F#B9845F

#B9845F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.083 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9845F
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 95)
HSL	hsl(25, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 48.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 15.94, 28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 32.23, 60.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0469 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.083 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3259, 27.6452, 14.5631)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9845F #5F94B9

analogous

#B95F67 #B9845F #B9B15F

triadic

#B9845F #5FB984 #845FB9

tetradic

#B9845F #67B95F #5F94B9 #B15FB9

square

#B9845F #67B95F #5F94B9 #B15FB9

split-complementary

#B9845F #5FB9B1 #5F67B9

monochromatic

#6E4930 #986643 #B9845F #CCA58A #DEC5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B9845F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B9845F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9845F

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9845F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9845F	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93895C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9845f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.083 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a88d',
    500: '#b9845f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9845f;
$custom-light: #d0a88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9845f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.667,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65738,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9845F

secondary

#A7BDCD

accent

#9ECF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9845F

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

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