#B9872D#B9872D

#B9872D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.120 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9872D
RGB	rgb(185, 135, 45)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 10.72, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 54.22, 78.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0248 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.12 78)
XYZ	xyz(29.1472, 27.8340, 6.3195)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9872D #2D5FB9

analogous

#B9412D #B9872D #A5B92D

triadic

#B9872D #2DB987 #872DB9

tetradic

#B9872D #2DB941 #2D5FB9 #B92DA5

square

#B9872D #2DB941 #2D5FB9 #B92DA5

split-complementary

#B9872D #2DA5B9 #412DB9

monochromatic

#573F15 #886321 #B9872D #D4A54F #E0BE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B9872D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B9872D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9872D

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9872D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9872D	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9872d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 135, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.120 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a96c',
    500: '#b9872d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9872d;
$custom-light: #d3a96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9872d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65685,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.27832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9872D

secondary

#7995C9

accent

#7DE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9872D

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

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