#B9943E#B9943E

#B9943E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.112 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9943E
RGB	rgb(185, 148, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, 4.46, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 49.51, 84.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% 0.0088 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.112 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4687, 31.8439, 9.0455)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9943E #3E63B9

analogous

#B9563E #B9943E #A0B93E

triadic

#B9943E #3EB994 #943EB9

tetradic

#B9943E #3EB956 #3E63B9 #B93EA0

square

#B9943E #3EB956 #3E63B9 #B93EA0

split-complementary

#B9943E #3EA0B9 #563EB9

monochromatic

#5D4B1F #8B6F2F #B9943E #CCAE68 #DCC796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B9943E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#B9943E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9943E

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9943E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9943E	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9943e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 148, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.112 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b377',
    500: '#b9943e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9943e;
$custom-light: #d2b377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9943e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.951,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68456,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9943E

secondary

#8C9EC7

accent

#78D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9943E

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

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