#B9963B#B9963B

#B9963B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9963B
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, 3.19, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 51.29, 86.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0047 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.116 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7051, 32.4447, 8.7293)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9963B #3B5EB9

analogous

#B9573B #B9963B #9DB93B

triadic

#B9963B #3BB996 #963BB9

tetradic

#B9963B #3BB957 #3B5EB9 #B93B9D

square

#B9963B #3BB957 #3B5EB9 #B93B9D

split-complementary

#B9963B #3B9DB9 #573BB9

monochromatic

#5C4B1D #8B702C #B9963B #CDB064 #DCC892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B9963B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#B9963B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9963B

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9963B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9963B	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9963b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b475',
    500: '#b9963b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9963b;
$custom-light: #d2b475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9963b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68837,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9963B

secondary

#889AC7

accent

#74DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9963B

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

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