#B5986B#B5986B

#B5986B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.070 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5986B
RGB	rgb(181, 152, 107)
HSL	hsl(36, 33%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 40.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 4.49, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 28.06, 80.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0143 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.07 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9391, 33.3433, 18.6079)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5986B #6B88B5

analogous

#B5736B #B5986B #ADB56B

triadic

#B5986B #6BB598 #986BB5

tetradic

#B5986B #6BB573 #6B88B5 #B56BAD

square

#B5986B #6BB573 #6B88B5 #B56BAD

split-complementary

#B5986B #6BADB5 #736BB5

monochromatic

#6E5937 #977A4C #B5986B #C9B494 #DED1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B5986B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B5986B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5986B

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5986B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5986B	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5986b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 152, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.070 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb696',
    500: '#b5986b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5986b;
$custom-light: #ccb696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5986b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.486,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69514,
    "c": 0.06998,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5986B

secondary

#AFBBCD

accent

#88C95E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5986B

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

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