#B9862F#B9862F

#B9862F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.118 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9862F
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 47)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 11.36, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 53.31, 77.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0269 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.118 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0478, 27.5720, 6.4808)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9862F #2F62B9

analogous

#B9412F #B9862F #A7B92F

triadic

#B9862F #2FB986 #862FB9

tetradic

#B9862F #2FB941 #2F62B9 #B92FA7

square

#B9862F #2FB941 #2F62B9 #B92FA7

split-complementary

#B9862F #2FA7B9 #412FB9

monochromatic

#573F16 #886323 #B9862F #D3A352 #DFBD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B9862F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B9862F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9862F

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9862F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9862F	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#998823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9862f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.118 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a96d',
    500: '#b9862f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9862f;
$custom-light: #d3a96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9862f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65504,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9862F

secondary

#7B98C9

accent

#7FE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9862F

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

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