#B9983B#B9983B

#B9983B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.117 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9983B
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 2.10, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 51.78, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% 0.0016 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.117 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0269, 33.0885, 8.8366)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9983B #3B5CB9

analogous

#B9593B #B9983B #9BB93B

triadic

#B9983B #3BB998 #983BB9

tetradic

#B9983B #3BB959 #3B5CB9 #B93B9B

square

#B9983B #3BB959 #3B5CB9 #B93B9B

split-complementary

#B9983B #3B9BB9 #593BB9

monochromatic

#5C4C1D #8B722C #B9983B #CDB264 #DCC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B9983B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B9983B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9983B

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9983B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9983B	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9983b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.117 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b676',
    500: '#b9983b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9983b;
$custom-light: #d2b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9983b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.286,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69249,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9983B

secondary

#8899C7

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9983B

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

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