#B9962E#B9962E

#B9962E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.124 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9962E
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 2.53, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 56.56, 87.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0013 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.124 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4089, 32.3262, 7.1695)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9962E #2E51B9

analogous

#B9502E #B9962E #96B92E

triadic

#B9962E #2EB996 #962EB9

tetradic

#B9962E #2EB950 #2E51B9 #B92E96

square

#B9962E #2EB950 #2E51B9 #B92E96

split-complementary

#B9962E #2E96B9 #502EB9

monochromatic

#574716 #886E22 #B9962E #D4B351 #E0C882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B9962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B9962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9962E

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9962E	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8941D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.124 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b46e',
    500: '#b9962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9962e;
$custom-light: #d2b46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68729,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9962E

secondary

#7A8EC9

accent

#6CE344

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9962E

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

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