#B4994E#B4994E

#B4994E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.100 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4994E
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 0.69, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 42.59, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.0003 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.1 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5901, 33.0374, 11.9192)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4994E #4E69B4

analogous

#B4664E #B4994E #9CB44E

triadic

#B4994E #4EB499 #994EB4

tetradic

#B4994E #4EB466 #4E69B4 #B44E9C

square

#B4994E #4EB466 #4E69B4 #B44E9C

split-complementary

#B4994E #4E9CB4 #664EB4

monochromatic

#5F5128 #8A753B #B4994E #C6B279 #D8CBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B4994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B4994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4994E

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4994E	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.100 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb682',
    500: '#b4994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4994e;
$custom-light: #cdb682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69163,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4994E

secondary

#98A4C6

accent

#77D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4994E

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

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