#B9953E#B9953E

#B9953E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.113 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9953E
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 3.92, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 49.74, 85.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0072 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.113 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6262, 32.1590, 9.0980)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9953E #3E62B9

analogous

#B9573E #B9953E #9FB93E

triadic

#B9953E #3EB995 #953EB9

tetradic

#B9953E #3EB957 #3E62B9 #B93E9F

square

#B9953E #3EB957 #3E62B9 #B93E9F

split-complementary

#B9953E #3E9FB9 #573EB9

monochromatic

#5D4B1F #8B702F #B9953E #CCAF68 #DCC796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B9953E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#B9953E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9953E

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9953E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9953E	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)

#A69434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9953e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.113 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b377',
    500: '#b9953e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9953e;
$custom-light: #d2b377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9953e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6866,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9953E

secondary

#8C9DC7

accent

#77D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9953E

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

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