#B9A366#B9A366

#B9A366 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.084 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A366
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 102)
HSL	hsl(44, 37%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 44.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -0.37, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 34.56, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0005 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.084 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5041, 37.4694, 17.9300)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A366 #667CB9

analogous

#B97A66 #B9A366 #A6B966

triadic

#B9A366 #66B9A3 #A366B9

tetradic

#B9A366 #66B97A #667CB9 #B966A6

square

#B9A366 #66B97A #667CB9 #B966A6

split-complementary

#B9A366 #66A6B9 #7A66B9

monochromatic

#716134 #9B8547 #B9A366 #CCBC90 #DFD5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B9A366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B9A366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A366

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A366	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.084 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe92',
    500: '#b9a366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a366;
$custom-light: #cfbe92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.096,
    "s": 37.22,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.08399,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A366

secondary

#ACB5CE

accent

#79CD5B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A366

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

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