#B9872A#B9872A

#B9872A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9872A
RGB	rgb(185, 135, 42)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 10.59, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 55.35, 78.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.024 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.121 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0915, 27.8117, 6.0261)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9872A #2A5CB9

analogous

#B9402A #B9872A #A4B92A

triadic

#B9872A #2AB987 #872AB9

tetradic

#B9872A #2AB940 #2A5CB9 #B92AA4

square

#B9872A #2AB940 #2A5CB9 #B92AA4

split-complementary

#B9872A #2AA4B9 #402AB9

monochromatic

#553E13 #87631F #B9872A #D6A54A #E1BE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B9872A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B9872A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9872A

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9872A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9872A	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A891B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9872a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 135, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a96a',
    500: '#b9872a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9872a;
$custom-light: #d3a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9872a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.021,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65663,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9872A

secondary

#7593CA

accent

#7BE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9872A

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

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