#B9942A#B9942A

#B9942A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.126 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9942A
RGB	rgb(185, 148, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 3.45, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 57.59, 86.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0035 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.126 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0173, 31.6633, 6.6680)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9942A #2A4FB9

analogous

#B94D2A #B9942A #96B92A

triadic

#B9942A #2AB994 #942AB9

tetradic

#B9942A #2AB94D #2A4FB9 #B92A96

square

#B9942A #2AB94D #2A4FB9 #B92A96

split-complementary

#B9942A #2A96B9 #4D2AB9

monochromatic

#554413 #876C1F #B9942A #D6B24A #E1C77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B9942A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B9942A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9942A

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9942A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9942A	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9942a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 148, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.126 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b36c',
    500: '#b9942a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9942a;
$custom-light: #d2b36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9942a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.476,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6829,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9942A

secondary

#758BCA

accent

#6CE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9942A

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

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