#B9993E#B9993E

#B9993E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9993E
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, 1.74, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 50.74, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0009 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.115 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2700, 33.4464, 9.3126)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9993E #3E5EB9

analogous

#B95B3E #B9993E #9BB93E

triadic

#B9993E #3EB999 #993EB9

tetradic

#B9993E #3EB95B #3E5EB9 #B93E9B

square

#B9993E #3EB95B #3E5EB9 #B93E9B

split-complementary

#B9993E #3E9BB9 #5B3EB9

monochromatic

#5D4D1F #8B732F #B9993E #CCB268 #DCC996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B9993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B9993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9993E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9993E	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)

#A99733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b677',
    500: '#b9993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9993e;
$custom-light: #d1b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.39,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69485,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9993E

secondary

#8C9BC7

accent

#73D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9993E

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

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