#B9942B#B9942B

#B9942B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9942B
RGB	rgb(185, 148, 43)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 3.49, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 57.23, 86.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.0037 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.125 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0354, 31.6706, 6.7634)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9942B #2B50B9

analogous

#B94D2B #B9942B #97B92B

triadic

#B9942B #2BB994 #942BB9

tetradic

#B9942B #2BB94D #2B50B9 #B92B97

square

#B9942B #2BB94D #2B50B9 #B92B97

split-complementary

#B9942B #2B97B9 #4D2BB9

monochromatic

#564514 #876C1F #B9942B #D5B24C #E1C77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B9942B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#B9942B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9942B

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9942B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9942B	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)

#A69318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9942b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 148, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b36c',
    500: '#b9942b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9942b;
$custom-light: #d2b36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9942b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.366,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68296,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9942B

secondary

#768CC9

accent

#6DE542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9942B

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

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