#B9903B#B9903B

#B9903B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.113 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9903B
RGB	rgb(185, 144, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 6.47, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 49.96, 82.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0143 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.113 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7721, 30.5787, 8.4183)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9903B #3B64B9

analogous

#B9513B #B9903B #A3B93B

triadic

#B9903B #3BB990 #903BB9

tetradic

#B9903B #3BB951 #3B64B9 #B93BA3

square

#B9903B #3BB951 #3B64B9 #B93BA3

split-complementary

#B9903B #3BA3B9 #513BB9

monochromatic

#5C481D #8B6C2C #B9903B #CDAB64 #DCC492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#B9903B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#B9903B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9903B

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9903B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9903B	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9903b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 144, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.113 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b075',
    500: '#b9903b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9903b;
$custom-light: #d2b075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9903b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.476,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67611,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9903B

secondary

#889DC7

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9903B

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

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