#B8985E#B8985E

#B8985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.085 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8985E
RGB	rgb(184, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(39, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 48.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 4.37, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 35.12, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0126 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.085 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0170, 33.4567, 15.3062)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8985E #5E7EB8

analogous

#B86B5E #B8985E #ABB85E

triadic

#B8985E #5EB898 #985EB8

tetradic

#B8985E #5EB86B #5E7EB8 #B85EAB

square

#B8985E #5EB86B #5E7EB8 #B85EAB

split-complementary

#B8985E #5EABB8 #6B5EB8

monochromatic

#6C5730 #967942 #B8985E #CBB388 #DDCEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B8985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B8985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8985E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8985E	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.085 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb68c',
    500: '#b8985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8985e;
$custom-light: #cfb68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.667,
    "s": 38.793,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69587,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8985E

secondary

#A6B3CC

accent

#83CF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8985E

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

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