#B9883D#B9883D

#B9883D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.109 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9883D
RGB	rgb(185, 136, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 11.00, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 47.71, 76.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.0278 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.109 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6559, 28.2618, 8.3071)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9883D #3D6EB9

analogous

#B94A3D #B9883D #ACB93D

triadic

#B9883D #3DB988 #883DB9

tetradic

#B9883D #3DB94A #3D6EB9 #B93DAC

square

#B9883D #3DB94A #3D6EB9 #B93DAC

split-complementary

#B9883D #3DACB9 #4A3DB9

monochromatic

#5D441F #8B662E #B9883D #CDA466 #DCC095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B9883D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B9883D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9883D

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9883D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9883D	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)

#9A8A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9883d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 136, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.109 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa76',
    500: '#b9883d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9883d;
$custom-light: #d2aa76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9883d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.29,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6603,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9883D

secondary

#8BA3C7

accent

#85DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9883D

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

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