#B9983F#B9983F

#B9983F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9983F
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 63)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 2.34, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 50.04, 87.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0028 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.114 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1347, 33.1316, 9.4041)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9983F #3F60B9

analogous

#B95B3F #B9983F #9DB93F

triadic

#B9983F #3FB998 #983FB9

tetradic

#B9983F #3FB95B #3F60B9 #B93F9D

square

#B9983F #3FB95B #3F60B9 #B93F9D

split-complementary

#B9983F #3F9DB9 #5B3FB9

monochromatic

#5E4D20 #8B722F #B9983F #CCB169 #DCC997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B9983F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B9983F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9983F

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9983F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9983F	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9983f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b678',
    500: '#b9983f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9983f;
$custom-light: #d1b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9983f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.77,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69288,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9983F

secondary

#8D9CC7

accent

#74D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9983F

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

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