#B9863D#B9863D

#B9863D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.109 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9863D
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 61)
HSL	hsl(35, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 12.11, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 47.44, 75.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.031 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.109 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3769, 27.7037, 8.2141)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9863D #3D70B9

analogous

#B9483D #B9863D #AEB93D

triadic

#B9863D #3DB986 #863DB9

tetradic

#B9863D #3DB948 #3D70B9 #B93DAE

square

#B9863D #3DB948 #3D70B9 #B93DAE

split-complementary

#B9863D #3DAEB9 #483DB9

monochromatic

#5D431F #8B652E #B9863D #CDA366 #DCBF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B9863D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B9863D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9863D

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9863D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9863D	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)

#988835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4953F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9863d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.109 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a976',
    500: '#b9863d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9863d;
$custom-light: #d2a976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9863d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.323,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65636,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9863D

secondary

#8BA4C7

accent

#87DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9863D

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

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