#B9853A#B9853A

#B9853A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.111 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9853A
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 58)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 12.49, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 48.63, 75.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0317 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.111 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1607, 27.3971, 7.7545)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9853A #3A6EB9

analogous

#B9463A #B9853A #ADB93A

triadic

#B9853A #3AB985 #853AB9

tetradic

#B9853A #3AB946 #3A6EB9 #B93AAD

square

#B9853A #3AB946 #3A6EB9 #B93AAD

split-complementary

#B9853A #3AADB9 #463AB9

monochromatic

#5C421D #8A642B #B9853A #CEA262 #DCBE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B9853A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B9853A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9853A

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9853A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9853A	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9853a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.111 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a874',
    500: '#b9853a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9853a;
$custom-light: #d2a874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9853a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.433,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65408,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9853A

secondary

#87A2C7

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9853A

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

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