#B9852E#B9852E

#B9852E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9852E
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 46)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 11.87, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 53.58, 77.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0283 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.119 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8903, 27.2889, 6.3300)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9852E #2E62B9

analogous

#B9402E #B9852E #A7B92E

triadic

#B9852E #2EB985 #852EB9

tetradic

#B9852E #2EB940 #2E62B9 #B92EA7

square

#B9852E #2EB940 #2E62B9 #B92EA7

split-complementary

#B9852E #2EA7B9 #402EB9

monochromatic

#573F16 #886222 #B9852E #D4A351 #E0BD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B9852E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B9852E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9852E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9852E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9852E	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)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9852e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a86c',
    500: '#b9852e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9852e;
$custom-light: #d3a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9852e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65299,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9852E

secondary

#7A97C9

accent

#80E344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9852E

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

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