#B9883F#B9883F

#B9883F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.108 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9883F
RGB	rgb(185, 136, 63)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 11.13, 45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 46.83, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0284 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.108 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7108, 28.2837, 8.5961)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9883F #3F70B9

analogous

#B94B3F #B9883F #ADB93F

triadic

#B9883F #3FB988 #883FB9

tetradic

#B9883F #3FB94B #3F70B9 #B93FAD

square

#B9883F #3FB94B #3F70B9 #B93FAD

split-complementary

#B9883F #3FADB9 #4B3FB9

monochromatic

#5E4520 #8B662F #B9883F #CCA469 #DCC097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B9883F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B9883F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9883F

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9883F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9883F	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9883f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 136, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.108 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa77',
    500: '#b9883f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9883f;
$custom-light: #d2aa77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9883f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.902,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66052,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9883F

secondary

#8DA4C7

accent

#86D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9883F

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

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