#B9883B#B9883B

#B9883B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.111 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9883B
RGB	rgb(185, 136, 59)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, 10.88, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 48.58, 77.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0271 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.111 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6030, 28.2406, 8.0287)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9883B #3B6CB9

analogous

#B9493B #B9883B #ABB93B

triadic

#B9883B #3BB988 #883BB9

tetradic

#B9883B #3BB949 #3B6CB9 #B93BAB

square

#B9883B #3BB949 #3B6CB9 #B93BAB

split-complementary

#B9883B #3BABB9 #493BB9

monochromatic

#5C441D #8B662C #B9883B #CDA464 #DCBF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B9883B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B9883B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9883B

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9883B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9883B	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9883b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 136, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.111 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa74',
    500: '#b9883b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9883b;
$custom-light: #d2aa74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9883b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66009,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9883B

secondary

#88A1C7

accent

#84DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9883B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →