#B9993B#B9993B

#B9993B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9993B
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 1.56, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 52.04, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.117 90)
XYZ	xyz(32.1899, 33.4144, 8.8910)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9993B #3B5BB9

analogous

#B95A3B #B9993B #9AB93B

triadic

#B9993B #3BB999 #993BB9

tetradic

#B9993B #3BB95A #3B5BB9 #B93B9A

square

#B9993B #3BB95A #3B5BB9 #B93B9A

split-complementary

#B9993B #3B9AB9 #5A3BB9

monochromatic

#5C4C1D #8B732C #B9993B #CDB364 #DCC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B9993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B9993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9993B

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9993B	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b676',
    500: '#b9993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9993b;
$custom-light: #d2b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.762,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69456,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.33413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9993B

secondary

#8898C7

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9993B

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

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