#B9863C#B9863C

#B9863C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.110 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9863C
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 60)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 12.05, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 47.88, 75.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0307 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.11 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3502, 27.6930, 8.0736)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9863C #3C6FB9

analogous

#B9483C #B9863C #ADB93C

triadic

#B9863C #3CB986 #863CB9

tetradic

#B9863C #3CB948 #3C6FB9 #B93CAD

square

#B9863C #3CB948 #3C6FB9 #B93CAD

split-complementary

#B9863C #3CADB9 #483CB9

monochromatic

#5D431E #8B652D #B9863C #CDA365 #DCBE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B9863C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B9863C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9863C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9863C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9863C	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)

#988834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9863c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.110 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a975',
    500: '#b9863c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9863c;
$custom-light: #d2a975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9863c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.52,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65625,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9863C

secondary

#89A3C7

accent

#87DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9863C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →