#B9873D#B9873D

#B9873D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.109 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9873D
RGB	rgb(185, 135, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, 11.56, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 47.57, 75.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0294 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.109 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5157, 27.9814, 8.2604)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9873D #3D6FB9

analogous

#B9493D #B9873D #ADB93D

triadic

#B9873D #3DB987 #873DB9

tetradic

#B9873D #3DB949 #3D6FB9 #B93DAD

square

#B9873D #3DB949 #3D6FB9 #B93DAD

split-complementary

#B9873D #3DADB9 #493DB9

monochromatic

#5D441F #8B652E #B9873D #CDA366 #DCBF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B9873D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B9873D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9873D

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9873D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9873D	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9873d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 135, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.109 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a976',
    500: '#b9873d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9873d;
$custom-light: #d2a976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9873d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.806,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65832,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9873D

secondary

#8BA3C7

accent

#86DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9873D

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

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