#B9993D#B9993D

#B9993D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9993D
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 1.68, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 51.18, 88.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0006 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.116 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2428, 33.4356, 9.1694)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9993D #3D5DB9

analogous

#B95B3D #B9993D #9BB93D

triadic

#B9993D #3DB999 #993DB9

tetradic

#B9993D #3DB95B #3D5DB9 #B93D9B

square

#B9993D #3DB95B #3D5DB9 #B93D9B

split-complementary

#B9993D #3D9BB9 #5B3DB9

monochromatic

#5D4D1F #8B732E #B9993D #CDB266 #DCC995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B9993D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B9993D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9993D

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9993D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9993D	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9993d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b677',
    500: '#b9993d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9993d;
$custom-light: #d1b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9993d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69475,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9993D

secondary

#8B9AC7

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9993D

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

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