#B9865D#B9865D

#B9865D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.084 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9865D
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 93)
HSL	hsl(27, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 49.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 14.63, 29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 33.12, 63.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.0428 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.084 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5099, 28.1569, 14.1817)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9865D #5D90B9

analogous

#B95D62 #B9865D #B9B45D

triadic

#B9865D #5DB986 #865DB9

tetradic

#B9865D #62B95D #5D90B9 #B45DB9

square

#B9865D #62B95D #5D90B9 #B45DB9

split-complementary

#B9865D #5DB9B4 #5D62B9

monochromatic

#6D4A2F #976841 #B9865D #CBA688 #DEC6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B9865D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B9865D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9865D

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9865D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9865D	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9865d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.084 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a98b',
    500: '#b9865d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9865d;
$custom-light: #d0a98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9865d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.739,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66088,
    "c": 0.0841,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9865D

secondary

#A5BBCC

accent

#9AD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9865D

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

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