#B9852D#B9852D

#B9852D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9852D
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 45)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 11.82, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 53.97, 77.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.028 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.119 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8708, 27.2812, 6.2274)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9852D #2D61B9

analogous

#B93F2D #B9852D #A7B92D

triadic

#B9852D #2DB985 #852DB9

tetradic

#B9852D #2DB93F #2D61B9 #B92DA7

square

#B9852D #2DB93F #2D61B9 #B92DA7

split-complementary

#B9852D #2DA7B9 #3F2DB9

monochromatic

#573E15 #886221 #B9852D #D4A34F #E0BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B9852D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B9852D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9852D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9852D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9852D	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9852d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a86c',
    500: '#b9852d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9852d;
$custom-light: #d3a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9852d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65291,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9852D

secondary

#7997C9

accent

#7FE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9852D

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

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