#B9942F#B9942F

#B9942F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.123 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9942F
RGB	rgb(185, 148, 47)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 3.66, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 55.73, 86.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0046 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.123 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1124, 31.7014, 7.1691)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9942F #2F54B9

analogous

#B94F2F #B9942F #99B92F

triadic

#B9942F #2FB994 #942FB9

tetradic

#B9942F #2FB94F #2F54B9 #B92F99

square

#B9942F #2FB94F #2F54B9 #B92F99

split-complementary

#B9942F #2F99B9 #4F2FB9

monochromatic

#574616 #886D23 #B9942F #D3B152 #DFC783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B9942F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#B9942F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9942F

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9942F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9942F	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)

#A6931F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9942f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 148, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.123 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b36e',
    500: '#b9942f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9942f;
$custom-light: #d2b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9942f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.913,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68325,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9942F

secondary

#7B90C9

accent

#6FE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9942F

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

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