#B9862B#B9862B

#B9862B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.121 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9862B
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 11.18, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 54.85, 78.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0259 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.121 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9707, 27.5412, 6.0752)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9862B #2B5EB9

analogous

#B93F2B #B9862B #A5B92B

triadic

#B9862B #2BB986 #862BB9

tetradic

#B9862B #2BB93F #2B5EB9 #B92BA5

square

#B9862B #2BB93F #2B5EB9 #B92BA5

split-complementary

#B9862B #2BA5B9 #3F2BB9

monochromatic

#563E14 #87621F #B9862B #D5A44C #E1BD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B9862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B9862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9862B

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9862B	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.121 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a96b',
    500: '#b9862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9862b;
$custom-light: #d3a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65473,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9862B

secondary

#7694C9

accent

#7DE542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9862B

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

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