#B9852B#B9852B

#B9852B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.120 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9852B
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 11.74, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 54.73, 77.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0275 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.12 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8332, 27.2661, 6.0293)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9852B #2B5FB9

analogous

#B93E2B #B9852B #A6B92B

triadic

#B9852B #2BB985 #852BB9

tetradic

#B9852B #2BB93E #2B5FB9 #B92BA6

square

#B9852B #2BB93E #2B5FB9 #B92BA6

split-complementary

#B9852B #2BA6B9 #3E2BB9

monochromatic

#563E14 #87611F #B9852B #D5A34C #E1BD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B9852B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B9852B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9852B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9852B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9852B	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#98871D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9852b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.120 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a86b',
    500: '#b9852b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9852b;
$custom-light: #d3a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9852b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.028,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65275,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9852B

secondary

#7695C9

accent

#7EE542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9852B

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

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