#B9873A#B9873A

#B9873A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.111 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9873A
RGB	rgb(185, 135, 58)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 11.38, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 48.88, 76.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0284 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.111 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4372, 27.9500, 7.8467)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9873A #3A6CB9

analogous

#B9483A #B9873A #ABB93A

triadic

#B9873A #3AB987 #873AB9

tetradic

#B9873A #3AB948 #3A6CB9 #B93AAB

square

#B9873A #3AB948 #3A6CB9 #B93AAB

split-complementary

#B9873A #3AABB9 #483AB9

monochromatic

#5C431D #8A652B #B9873A #CEA462 #DCBF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B9873A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B9873A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9873A

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9873A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9873A	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9873a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 135, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.111 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a974',
    500: '#b9873a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9873a;
$custom-light: #d2a974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9873a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.378,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65801,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9873A

secondary

#87A1C7

accent

#85DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9873A

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

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