#B9986B#B9986B

#B9986B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.072 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9986B
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 107)
HSL	hsl(35, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 42.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 6.15, 28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 28.95, 77.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.019 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.072 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8907, 33.8340, 18.6525)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9986B #6B8CB9

analogous

#B9716B #B9986B #B3B96B

triadic

#B9986B #6BB998 #986BB9

tetradic

#B9986B #6BB971 #6B8CB9 #B96BB3

square

#B9986B #6BB971 #6B8CB9 #B96BB3

split-complementary

#B9986B #6BB3B9 #716BB9

monochromatic

#735936 #9D7A4A #B9986B #CDB595 #E0D2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B9986B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B9986B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9986B

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9986B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9986B	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9986b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.072 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb696',
    500: '#b9986b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9986b;
$custom-light: #cfb696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9986b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69913,
    "c": 0.07237,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9986B

secondary

#B0BDD0

accent

#8BCC5C

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9986B

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

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