#B9862C#B9862C

#B9862C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.120 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9862C
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 44)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 11.23, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 54.47, 78.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0261 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.12 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9893, 27.5487, 6.1730)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9862C #2C5FB9

analogous

#B9402C #B9862C #A5B92C

triadic

#B9862C #2CB986 #862CB9

tetradic

#B9862C #2CB940 #2C5FB9 #B92CA5

square

#B9862C #2CB940 #2C5FB9 #B92CA5

split-complementary

#B9862C #2CA5B9 #402CB9

monochromatic

#563E14 #886220 #B9862C #D5A44D #E1BD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B9862C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B9862C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9862C

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9862C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9862C	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)

#99881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9862c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.120 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a96b',
    500: '#b9862c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9862c;
$custom-light: #d3a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9862c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6548,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9862C

secondary

#7895C9

accent

#7EE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9862C

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

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