#B9853B#B9853B

#B9853B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.110 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9853B
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 59)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 12.54, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 48.19, 74.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.032 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.11 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1864, 27.4074, 7.8898)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9853B #3B6FB9

analogous

#B9463B #B9853B #AEB93B

triadic

#B9853B #3BB985 #853BB9

tetradic

#B9853B #3BB946 #3B6FB9 #B93BAE

square

#B9853B #3BB946 #3B6FB9 #B93BAE

split-complementary

#B9853B #3BAEB9 #463BB9

monochromatic

#5C421D #8B642C #B9853B #CDA264 #DCBE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B9853B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B9853B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9853B

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9853B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9853B	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)

#988833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9853b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.110 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a874',
    500: '#b9853b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9853b;
$custom-light: #d2a874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9853b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.238,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65418,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9853B

secondary

#88A2C7

accent

#87DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9853B

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

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