#B9986C#B9986C

#B9986C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.071 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9986C
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 108)
HSL	hsl(34, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 41.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 6.26, 27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 28.46, 77.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0194 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.071 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9436, 33.8551, 18.9312)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9986C #6C8DB9

analogous

#B9726C #B9986C #B3B96C

triadic

#B9986C #6CB998 #986CB9

tetradic

#B9986C #6CB972 #6C8DB9 #B96CB3

square

#B9986C #6CB972 #6C8DB9 #B96CB3

split-complementary

#B9986C #6CB3B9 #726CB9

monochromatic

#745A37 #9D7A4B #B9986C #CDB595 #E0D2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B9986C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B9986C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9986C

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9986C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9986C	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)

#A49969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9986c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.071 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb696',
    500: '#b9986c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9986c;
$custom-light: #cfb696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9986c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69932,
    "c": 0.07135,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9986C

secondary

#B1BED0

accent

#8CCC5C

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9986C

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

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