#B9853E#B9853E

#B9853E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.108 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9853E
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 62)
HSL	hsl(35, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 12.73, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 46.88, 74.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.033 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.108 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2665, 27.4394, 8.3114)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9853E #3E72B9

analogous

#B9473E #B9853E #AFB93E

triadic

#B9853E #3EB985 #853EB9

tetradic

#B9853E #3EB947 #3E72B9 #B93EAF

square

#B9853E #3EB947 #3E72B9 #B93EAF

split-complementary

#B9853E #3EAFB9 #473EB9

monochromatic

#5D431F #8B642F #B9853E #CCA268 #DCBE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B9853E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B9853E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9853E

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9853E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9853E	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)

#978836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9853e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.108 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a876',
    500: '#b9853e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9853e;
$custom-light: #d2a876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9853e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.634,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65451,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9853E

secondary

#8CA5C7

accent

#89D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9853E

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

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