#B9863B#B9863B

#B9863B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.111 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9863B
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 11.99, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 48.32, 75.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0304 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.111 74)
XYZ	xyz(29.3240, 27.6825, 7.9357)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9863B #3B6EB9

analogous

#B9473B #B9863B #ADB93B

triadic

#B9863B #3BB986 #863BB9

tetradic

#B9863B #3BB947 #3B6EB9 #B93BAD

square

#B9863B #3BB947 #3B6EB9 #B93BAD

split-complementary

#B9863B #3BADB9 #473BB9

monochromatic

#5C431D #8B642C #B9863B #CDA364 #DCBE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B9863B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B9863B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9863B

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9863B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9863B	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9863b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.111 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a974',
    500: '#b9863b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9863b;
$custom-light: #d2a974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9863b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.714,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65614,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.2768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9863B

secondary

#88A2C7

accent

#86DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9863B

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

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