#B3996E#B3996E

#B3996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.066 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3996E
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(37, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 38.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 3.46, 26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 26.41, 82.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0116 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.066 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7969, 33.4933, 19.4861)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3996E #6E88B3

analogous

#B3776E #B3996E #ABB36E

triadic

#B3996E #6EB399 #996EB3

tetradic

#B3996E #6EB377 #6E88B3 #B36EAB

square

#B3996E #6EB377 #6E88B3 #B36EAB

split-complementary

#B3996E #6EABB3 #776EB3

monochromatic

#6D5A39 #957B4E #B3996E #C8B596 #DDD1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B3996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B3996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3996E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3996E	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4996B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.066 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb798',
    500: '#b3996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3996e;
$custom-light: #cbb798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 31.222,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6958,
    "c": 0.06611,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3996E

secondary

#B0BBCD

accent

#87C760

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3996E

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

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