#B89979#B89979

#B89979 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.058 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B89979
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(30, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 34%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 34.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 6.86, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 22.23, 72.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0221 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.058 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6103, 34.3548, 22.8935)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B89979 #7998B8

analogous

#B87979 #B89979 #B8B879

triadic

#B89979 #79B899 #9979B8

tetradic

#B89979 #79B879 #7998B8 #B879B8

square

#B89979 #79B879 #7998B8 #B879B8

split-complementary

#B89979 #79B8B8 #7979B8

monochromatic

#775C3F #9F7A54 #B89979 #CDB7A1 #E2D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B89979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B89979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B89979

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B89979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B89979	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49A77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b89979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.058 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7a0',
    500: '#b89979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b89979;
$custom-light: #ceb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b89979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.476,
    "s": 30.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70296,
    "c": 0.05774,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B89979

secondary

#BAC6D3

accent

#93C761

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B89979

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

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