#B5985B#B5985B

#B5985B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.087 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5985B
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 91)
HSL	hsl(41, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 49.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 2.81, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 36.06, 85.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0079 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.087 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1738, 33.0372, 14.5776)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5985B #5B78B5

analogous

#B56B5B #B5985B #A5B55B

triadic

#B5985B #5BB598 #985BB5

tetradic

#B5985B #5BB56B #5B78B5 #B55BA5

square

#B5985B #5BB56B #5B78B5 #B55BA5

split-complementary

#B5985B #5BA5B5 #6B5BB5

monochromatic

#67552F #917842 #B5985B #C8B285 #DBCDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B5985B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B5985B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5985B

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5985B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5985B	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)

#A69756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C28E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5985b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.087 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb68a',
    500: '#b5985b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5985b;
$custom-light: #cdb68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5985b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69239,
    "c": 0.0868,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5985B

secondary

#A3AFC9

accent

#7FCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5985B

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

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