#B9973D#B9973D

#B9973D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.115 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9973D
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 2.76, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 50.67, 86.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0038 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.115 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9182, 32.7864, 9.0612)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9973D #3D5FB9

analogous

#B9593D #B9973D #9DB93D

triadic

#B9973D #3DB997 #973DB9

tetradic

#B9973D #3DB959 #3D5FB9 #B93D9D

square

#B9973D #3DB959 #3D5FB9 #B93D9D

split-complementary

#B9973D #3D9DB9 #593DB9

monochromatic

#5D4C1F #8B712E #B9973D #CDB166 #DCC895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B9973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B9973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9973D

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9973D	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.115 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b577',
    500: '#b9973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9973d;
$custom-light: #d2b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.548,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69062,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9973D

secondary

#8B9BC7

accent

#74DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9973D

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

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