#B5985E#B5985E

#B5985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.084 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5985E
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(40, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 48.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 3.10, 34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 34.56, 84.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0091 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.084 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3058, 33.0900, 15.2729)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5985E #5E7BB5

analogous

#B56D5E #B5985E #A7B55E

triadic

#B5985E #5EB598 #985EB5

tetradic

#B5985E #5EB56D #5E7BB5 #B55EA7

square

#B5985E #5EB56D #5E7BB5 #B55EA7

split-complementary

#B5985E #5EA7B5 #6D5EB5

monochromatic

#695630 #927843 #B5985E #C8B388 #DCCEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B5985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B5985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5985E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5985E	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.084 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb68c',
    500: '#b5985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5985e;
$custom-light: #cdb68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 37.021,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69287,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5985E

secondary

#A5B1CA

accent

#81CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5985E

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

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