#B9983D#B9983D

#B9983D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.115 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9983D
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 2.22, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 50.92, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0022 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.115 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0798, 33.1096, 9.1151)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9983D #3D5EB9

analogous

#B95A3D #B9983D #9CB93D

triadic

#B9983D #3DB998 #983DB9

tetradic

#B9983D #3DB95A #3D5EB9 #B93D9C

square

#B9983D #3DB95A #3D5EB9 #B93D9C

split-complementary

#B9983D #3D9CB9 #5A3DB9

monochromatic

#5D4C1F #8B722E #B9983D #CDB266 #DCC995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B9983D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B9983D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9983D

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9983D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9983D	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)

#A99632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9983d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.115 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b677',
    500: '#b9983d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9983d;
$custom-light: #d1b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9983d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.032,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69268,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9983D

secondary

#8B9BC7

accent

#73DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9983D

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

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