#B9993F#B9993F

#B9993F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9993F
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 63)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 1.80, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 50.30, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0012 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.114 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2977, 33.4575, 9.4584)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9993F #3F5FB9

analogous

#B95C3F #B9993F #9CB93F

triadic

#B9993F #3FB999 #993FB9

tetradic

#B9993F #3FB95C #3F5FB9 #B93F9C

square

#B9993F #3FB95C #3F5FB9 #B93F9C

split-complementary

#B9993F #3F9CB9 #5C3FB9

monochromatic

#5E4D20 #8B732F #B9993F #CCB269 #DCCA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B9993F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B9993F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9993F

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9993F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9993F	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)

#A99735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9993f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b678',
    500: '#b9993f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9993f;
$custom-light: #d1b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9993f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.262,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69495,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9993F

secondary

#8D9CC7

accent

#73D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9993F

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

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