#B9912B#B9912B

#B9912B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.124 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9912B
RGB	rgb(185, 145, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 5.13, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 56.62, 84.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0084 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.124 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5709, 30.7416, 6.6086)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9912B #2B53B9

analogous

#B94A2B #B9912B #9AB92B

triadic

#B9912B #2BB991 #912BB9

tetradic

#B9912B #2BB94A #2B53B9 #B92B9A

square

#B9912B #2BB94A #2B53B9 #B92B9A

split-complementary

#B9912B #2B9AB9 #4A2BB9

monochromatic

#564314 #876A1F #B9912B #D5AF4C #E1C57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#B9912B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#B9912B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9912B

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9912B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9912B	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9912b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 145, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.124 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b06c',
    500: '#b9912b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9912b;
$custom-light: #d2b06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9912b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67682,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9912B

secondary

#768EC9

accent

#70E542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9912B

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

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