#B9942C#B9942C

#B9942C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9942C
RGB	rgb(185, 148, 44)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, 3.53, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 56.86, 86.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.0039 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.125 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0540, 31.6780, 6.8612)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9942C #2C51B9

analogous

#B94D2C #B9942C #98B92C

triadic

#B9942C #2CB994 #942CB9

tetradic

#B9942C #2CB94D #2C51B9 #B92C98

square

#B9942C #2CB94D #2C51B9 #B92C98

split-complementary

#B9942C #2C98B9 #4D2CB9

monochromatic

#564514 #886C20 #B9942C #D5B14D #E1C77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B9942C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#B9942C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9942C

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9942C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9942C	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6931A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9942c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 148, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b36d',
    500: '#b9942c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9942c;
$custom-light: #d2b36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9942c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68303,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9942C

secondary

#788DC9

accent

#6EE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9942C

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

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