#B9983C#B9983C

#B9983C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.116 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9983C
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, 2.16, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 51.35, 87.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0019 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.116 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0531, 33.0989, 8.9745)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9983C #3C5DB9

analogous

#B9593C #B9983C #9BB93C

triadic

#B9983C #3CB998 #983CB9

tetradic

#B9983C #3CB959 #3C5DB9 #B93C9B

square

#B9983C #3CB959 #3C5DB9 #B93C9B

split-complementary

#B9983C #3C9BB9 #593CB9

monochromatic

#5D4C1E #8B722D #B9983C #CDB265 #DCC993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B9983C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B9983C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9983C

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9983C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9983C	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)

#A99631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9983c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.116 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b676',
    500: '#b9983c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9983c;
$custom-light: #d2b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9983c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69259,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9983C

secondary

#899AC7

accent

#73DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9983C

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

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