#B9862D#B9862D

#B9862D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.119 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9862D
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 45)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 11.27, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 54.09, 77.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.0264 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.119 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0083, 27.5563, 6.2732)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9862D #2D60B9

analogous

#B9402D #B9862D #A6B92D

triadic

#B9862D #2DB986 #862DB9

tetradic

#B9862D #2DB940 #2D60B9 #B92DA6

square

#B9862D #2DB940 #2D60B9 #B92DA6

split-complementary

#B9862D #2DA6B9 #402DB9

monochromatic

#573F15 #886221 #B9862D #D4A44F #E0BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B9862D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B9862D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9862D

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9862D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9862D	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)

#998820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9862d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.119 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a96c',
    500: '#b9862d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9862d;
$custom-light: #d3a96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9862d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65488,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9862D

secondary

#7996C9

accent

#7EE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9862D

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

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