#B9872E#B9872E

#B9872E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9872E
RGB	rgb(185, 135, 46)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 10.76, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 53.83, 78.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.025 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.119 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1667, 27.8418, 6.4221)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9872E #2E60B9

analogous

#B9412E #B9872E #A6B92E

triadic

#B9872E #2EB987 #872EB9

tetradic

#B9872E #2EB941 #2E60B9 #B92EA6

square

#B9872E #2EB941 #2E60B9 #B92EA6

split-complementary

#B9872E #2EA6B9 #412EB9

monochromatic

#573F16 #886322 #B9872E #D4A451 #E0BE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B9872E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B9872E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9872E

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9872E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9872E	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)

#9A8921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9872e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 135, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a96d',
    500: '#b9872e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9872e;
$custom-light: #d3a96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9872e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65693,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9872E

secondary

#7A96C9

accent

#7EE344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9872E

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

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