#B9873E#B9873E

#B9873E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.108 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9873E
RGB	rgb(185, 135, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 11.62, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 47.13, 75.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0297 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.108 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5429, 27.9923, 8.4036)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9873E #3E70B9

analogous

#B9493E #B9873E #ADB93E

triadic

#B9873E #3EB987 #873EB9

tetradic

#B9873E #3EB949 #3E70B9 #B93EAD

square

#B9873E #3EB949 #3E70B9 #B93EAD

split-complementary

#B9873E #3EADB9 #493EB9

monochromatic

#5D441F #8B662F #B9873E #CCA368 #DCBF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B9873E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B9873E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9873E

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9873E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9873E	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)

#998936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9873e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 135, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.108 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a976',
    500: '#b9873e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9873e;
$custom-light: #d2a976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9873e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.61,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65843,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9873E

secondary

#8CA4C7

accent

#87D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9873E

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

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