#B9872B#B9872B

#B9872B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9872B
RGB	rgb(185, 135, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 10.63, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 54.98, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.0243 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.121 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1096, 27.8190, 6.1215)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9872B #2B5DB9

analogous

#B9402B #B9872B #A4B92B

triadic

#B9872B #2BB987 #872BB9

tetradic

#B9872B #2BB940 #2B5DB9 #B92BA4

square

#B9872B #2BB940 #2B5DB9 #B92BA4

split-complementary

#B9872B #2BA4B9 #402BB9

monochromatic

#563F14 #87631F #B9872B #D5A54C #E1BE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B9872B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B9872B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9872B

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9872B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9872B	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)

#9A891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9872b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 135, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a96b',
    500: '#b9872b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9872b;
$custom-light: #d3a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9872b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.873,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6567,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9872B

secondary

#7694C9

accent

#7CE542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9872B

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

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