#B9953C#B9953C

#B9953C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.114 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9953C
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, 3.80, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 50.62, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.0066 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.114 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5724, 32.1374, 8.8143)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9953C #3C60B9

analogous

#B9563C #B9953C #9EB93C

triadic

#B9953C #3CB995 #953CB9

tetradic

#B9953C #3CB956 #3C60B9 #B93C9E

square

#B9953C #3CB956 #3C60B9 #B93C9E

split-complementary

#B9953C #3C9EB9 #563CB9

monochromatic

#5D4B1E #8B702D #B9953C #CDAF65 #DCC793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B9953C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#B9953C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9953C

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9953C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9953C	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9953c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.114 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b376',
    500: '#b9953c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9953c;
$custom-light: #d2b376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9953c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68641,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9953C

secondary

#899BC7

accent

#76DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9953C

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

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