#B9942E#B9942E

#B9942E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.123 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9942E
RGB	rgb(185, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, 3.62, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 56.11, 86.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.0044 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.123 88)
XYZ	xyz(31.0925, 31.6934, 7.0640)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9942E #2E53B9

analogous

#B94F2E #B9942E #98B92E

triadic

#B9942E #2EB994 #942EB9

tetradic

#B9942E #2EB94F #2E53B9 #B92E98

square

#B9942E #2EB94F #2E53B9 #B92E98

split-complementary

#B9942E #2E98B9 #4F2EB9

monochromatic

#574616 #886D22 #B9942E #D4B151 #E0C782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B9942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#B9942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9942E

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9942E	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)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.123 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b36e',
    500: '#b9942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9942e;
$custom-light: #d2b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.029,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68317,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.31691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9942E

secondary

#7A8FC9

accent

#6FE344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9942E

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

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