#B9865B#B9865B

#B9865B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.086 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9865B
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 91)
HSL	hsl(27, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(27, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 50.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 14.44, 30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 33.98, 64.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.042 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.086 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4225, 28.1219, 13.7212)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9865B #5B8EB9

analogous

#B95B5F #B9865B #B9B55B

triadic

#B9865B #5BB986 #865BB9

tetradic

#B9865B #5FB95B #5B8EB9 #B55BB9

square

#B9865B #5FB95B #5B8EB9 #B55BB9

split-complementary

#B9865B #5BB9B5 #5B5FB9

monochromatic

#6C4A2E #976840 #B9865B #CBA686 #DEC5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B9865B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#B9865B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9865B

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9865B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9865B	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2955C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9865b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.086 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a98a',
    500: '#b9865b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9865b;
$custom-light: #d1a98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9865b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.447,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66053,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9865B

secondary

#A4BACC

accent

#99D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9865B

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

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