#B9852A#B9852A

#B9852A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.121 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9852A
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 11.70, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 55.11, 77.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0273 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.121 77)
XYZ	xyz(28.8151, 27.2589, 5.9339)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9852A #2A5EB9

analogous

#B93E2A #B9852A #A6B92A

triadic

#B9852A #2AB985 #852AB9

tetradic

#B9852A #2AB93E #2A5EB9 #B92AA6

square

#B9852A #2AB93E #2A5EB9 #B92AA6

split-complementary

#B9852A #2AA6B9 #3E2AB9

monochromatic

#553D13 #87611F #B9852A #D6A34A #E1BC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B9852A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B9852A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9852A

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9852A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9852A	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9852a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.121 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a86a',
    500: '#b9852a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9852a;
$custom-light: #d3a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9852a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65268,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.27257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9852A

secondary

#7594CA

accent

#7DE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9852A

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

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