#B9872F#B9872F

#B9872F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.118 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9872F
RGB	rgb(185, 135, 47)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 10.81, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 53.44, 78.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0253 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.118 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1866, 27.8498, 6.5271)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9872F #2F61B9

analogous

#B9422F #B9872F #A6B92F

triadic

#B9872F #2FB987 #872FB9

tetradic

#B9872F #2FB942 #2F61B9 #B92FA6

square

#B9872F #2FB942 #2F61B9 #B92FA6

split-complementary

#B9872F #2FA6B9 #422FB9

monochromatic

#574016 #886323 #B9872F #D3A452 #DFBE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B9872F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B9872F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9872F

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9872F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9872F	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)

#9A8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9872f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 135, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.118 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a96d',
    500: '#b9872f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9872f;
$custom-light: #d3a96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9872f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65701,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9872F

secondary

#7B97C9

accent

#7EE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9872F

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

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