#B9873F#B9873F

#B9873F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.108 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9873F
RGB	rgb(185, 135, 63)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 11.68, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 46.69, 75.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.03 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.108 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5706, 28.0034, 8.5494)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9873F #3F71B9

analogous

#B94A3F #B9873F #AEB93F

triadic

#B9873F #3FB987 #873FB9

tetradic

#B9873F #3FB94A #3F71B9 #B93FAE

square

#B9873F #3FB94A #3F71B9 #B93FAE

split-complementary

#B9873F #3FAEB9 #4A3FB9

monochromatic

#5E4420 #8B662F #B9873F #CCA469 #DCBF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B9873F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B9873F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9873F

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9873F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9873F	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)

#998937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9873f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 135, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.108 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a977',
    500: '#b9873f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9873f;
$custom-light: #d2a977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9873f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.41,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65854,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9873F

secondary

#8DA5C7

accent

#87D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9873F

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

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