#B9852C#B9852C

#B9852C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.120 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9852C
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 44)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 11.78, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 54.35, 77.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0278 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.12 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8518, 27.2735, 6.1272)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9852C #2C60B9

analogous

#B93E2C #B9852C #A7B92C

triadic

#B9852C #2CB985 #852CB9

tetradic

#B9852C #2CB93E #2C60B9 #B92CA7

square

#B9852C #2CB93E #2C60B9 #B92CA7

split-complementary

#B9852C #2CA7B9 #3E2CB9

monochromatic

#563E14 #886120 #B9852C #D5A34D #E1BD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B9852C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B9852C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9852C

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9852C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9852C	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)

#98871E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9852c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.120 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a86b',
    500: '#b9852c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9852c;
$custom-light: #d3a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9852c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65283,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9852C

secondary

#7896C9

accent

#7FE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9852C

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

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