#B9856A#B9856A

#B9856A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.075 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9856A
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 106)
HSL	hsl(21, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(21, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 42.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 16.55, 22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 27.89, 53.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0498 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.075 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9979, 28.1320, 17.4302)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9856A #6A9EB9

analogous

#B96A77 #B9856A #B9AC6A

triadic

#B9856A #6AB985 #856AB9

tetradic

#B9856A #77B96A #6A9EB9 #AC6AB9

square

#B9856A #77B96A #6A9EB9 #AC6AB9

split-complementary

#B9856A #6AB9AC #6A77B9

monochromatic

#734B36 #9C6649 #B9856A #CDA794 #E0C9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B9856A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B9856A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9856A

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9856A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9856A	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F956A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C67C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9856a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.075 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a894',
    500: '#b9856a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9856a;
$custom-light: #d0a894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9856a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.506,
    "s": 36.073,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66144,
    "c": 0.07499,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9856A

secondary

#AFC4CF

accent

#A6CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9856A

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

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