#B9863E#B9863E

#B9863E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.108 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9863E
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 62)
HSL	hsl(35, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 12.17, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 47.00, 74.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0313 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.108 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4040, 27.7146, 8.3573)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9863E #3E71B9

analogous

#B9483E #B9863E #AEB93E

triadic

#B9863E #3EB986 #863EB9

tetradic

#B9863E #3EB948 #3E71B9 #B93EAE

square

#B9863E #3EB948 #3E71B9 #B93EAE

split-complementary

#B9863E #3EAEB9 #483EB9

monochromatic

#5D441F #8B652F #B9863E #CCA368 #DCBF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B9863E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B9863E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9863E

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9863E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9863E	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)

#988836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9863e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.108 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a976',
    500: '#b9863e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9863e;
$custom-light: #d2a976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9863e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.122,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65647,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9863E

secondary

#8CA4C7

accent

#88D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9863E

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

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