#B9853D#B9853D

#B9853D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.109 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9853D
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(35, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 12.66, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 47.32, 74.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0326 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.109 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2393, 27.4286, 8.1682)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9853D #3D71B9

analogous

#B9473D #B9853D #AFB93D

triadic

#B9853D #3DB985 #853DB9

tetradic

#B9853D #3DB947 #3D71B9 #B93DAF

square

#B9853D #3DB947 #3D71B9 #B93DAF

split-complementary

#B9853D #3DAFB9 #473DB9

monochromatic

#5D431F #8B642E #B9853D #CDA266 #DCBE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B9853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B9853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9853D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9853D	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.109 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a875',
    500: '#b9853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9853d;
$custom-light: #d2a875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6544,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9853D

secondary

#8BA4C7

accent

#89DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9853D

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

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