#B9853C#B9853C

#B9853C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.110 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9853C
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 60)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 12.60, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 47.76, 74.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0323 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.11 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2126, 27.4179, 8.0277)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9853C #3C70B9

analogous

#B9473C #B9853C #AEB93C

triadic

#B9853C #3CB985 #853CB9

tetradic

#B9853C #3CB947 #3C70B9 #B93CAE

square

#B9853C #3CB947 #3C70B9 #B93CAE

split-complementary

#B9853C #3CAEB9 #473CB9

monochromatic

#5D431E #8B642D #B9853C #CDA265 #DCBE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B9853C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B9853C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9853C

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9853C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9853C	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)

#978834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9853c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.110 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a875',
    500: '#b9853c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9853c;
$custom-light: #d2a875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9853c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.04,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65429,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9853C

secondary

#89A3C7

accent

#88DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9853C

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

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