#B9983E#B9983E

#B9983E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9983E
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 2.28, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 50.48, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0025 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.114 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1070, 33.1205, 9.2583)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9983E #3E5FB9

analogous

#B95A3E #B9983E #9CB93E

triadic

#B9983E #3EB998 #983EB9

tetradic

#B9983E #3EB95A #3E5FB9 #B93E9C

square

#B9983E #3EB95A #3E5FB9 #B93E9C

split-complementary

#B9983E #3E9CB9 #5A3EB9

monochromatic

#5D4D1F #8B722F #B9983E #CCB168 #DCC996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B9983E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B9983E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9983E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9983E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9983E	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	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)

#A99633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9983e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b677',
    500: '#b9983e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9983e;
$custom-light: #d1b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9983e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69278,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9983E

secondary

#8C9CC7

accent

#74D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9983E

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

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