#B9873C#B9873C

#B9873C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.110 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9873C
RGB	rgb(185, 135, 60)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 11.50, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 48.01, 76.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0291 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.11 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4890, 27.9707, 8.1198)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9873C #3C6EB9

analogous

#B9493C #B9873C #ACB93C

triadic

#B9873C #3CB987 #873CB9

tetradic

#B9873C #3CB949 #3C6EB9 #B93CAC

square

#B9873C #3CB949 #3C6EB9 #B93CAC

split-complementary

#B9873C #3CACB9 #493CB9

monochromatic

#5D441E #8B652D #B9873C #CDA365 #DCBF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B9873C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B9873C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9873C

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9873C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9873C	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#998934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9873c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 135, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.110 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a975',
    500: '#b9873c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9873c;
$custom-light: #d2a975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9873c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65822,
    "c": 0.10992,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9873C

secondary

#89A2C7

accent

#86DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9873C

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

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