#B9986A#B9986A

#B9986A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.073 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9986A
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 106)
HSL	hsl(35, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 42.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 6.04, 28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 29.43, 78.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0186 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.073 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8384, 33.8130, 18.3771)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9986A #6A8BB9

analogous

#B9716A #B9986A #B2B96A

triadic

#B9986A #6AB998 #986AB9

tetradic

#B9986A #6AB971 #6A8BB9 #B96AB2

square

#B9986A #6AB971 #6A8BB9 #B96AB2

split-complementary

#B9986A #6AB2B9 #716AB9

monochromatic

#735936 #9C7A49 #B9986A #CDB594 #E0D2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B9986A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B9986A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9986A

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9986A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9986A	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9986a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.073 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb695',
    500: '#b9986a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9986a;
$custom-light: #cfb695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9986a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.937,
    "s": 36.073,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69894,
    "c": 0.07339,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9986A

secondary

#AFBDCF

accent

#8BCC5C

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9986A

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

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