#B9883E#B9883E

#B9883E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.109 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9883E
RGB	rgb(185, 136, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 11.06, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 47.27, 76.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0281 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.109 75)
XYZ	xyz(29.6831, 28.2726, 8.4503)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9883E #3E6FB9

analogous

#B94A3E #B9883E #ACB93E

triadic

#B9883E #3EB988 #883EB9

tetradic

#B9883E #3EB94A #3E6FB9 #B93EAC

square

#B9883E #3EB94A #3E6FB9 #B93EAC

split-complementary

#B9883E #3EACB9 #4A3EB9

monochromatic

#5D451F #8B662F #B9883E #CCA468 #DCC096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B9883E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B9883E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9883E

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9883E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9883E	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)

#9A8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9883e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 136, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.109 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa76',
    500: '#b9883e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9883e;
$custom-light: #d2aa76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9883e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.098,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66041,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.2827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9883E

secondary

#8CA3C7

accent

#86D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9883E

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

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