#B9852F#B9852F

#B9852F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9852F
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 47)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 11.91, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 53.19, 77.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0285 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.118 76)
XYZ	xyz(28.9102, 27.2969, 6.4350)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9852F #2F63B9

analogous

#B9402F #B9852F #A8B92F

triadic

#B9852F #2FB985 #852FB9

tetradic

#B9852F #2FB940 #2F63B9 #B92FA8

square

#B9852F #2FB940 #2F63B9 #B92FA8

split-complementary

#B9852F #2FA8B9 #402FB9

monochromatic

#573F16 #886223 #B9852F #D3A252 #DFBD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B9852F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B9852F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9852F

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9852F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9852F	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)

#988723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9852f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a86d',
    500: '#b9852f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9852f;
$custom-light: #d3a86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9852f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65307,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.27295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9852F

secondary

#7B98C9

accent

#80E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9852F

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

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