#B9976D#B9976D

#B9976D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.070 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9976D
RGB	rgb(185, 151, 109)
HSL	hsl(33, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 41.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 6.92, 26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 27.78, 75.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0215 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.07 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8356, 33.5533, 19.1592)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9976D #6D8FB9

analogous

#B9716D #B9976D #B5B96D

triadic

#B9976D #6DB997 #976DB9

tetradic

#B9976D #6DB971 #6D8FB9 #B96DB5

square

#B9976D #6DB971 #6D8FB9 #B96DB5

split-complementary

#B9976D #6DB5B9 #716DB9

monochromatic

#745938 #9D794B #B9976D #CDB496 #E1D2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B9976D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B9976D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9976D

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9976D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9976D	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3986A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9976d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 151, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.070 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb597',
    500: '#b9976d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9976d;
$custom-light: #cfb597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9976d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.158,
    "s": 35.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69748,
    "c": 0.07005,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9976D

secondary

#B2BFD0

accent

#8ECB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9976D

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

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