#B9986D#B9986D

#B9986D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.070 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9986D
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 109)
HSL	hsl(34, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 41.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 6.37, 27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 27.98, 76.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0198 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.07 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9972, 33.8765, 19.2131)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9986D #6D8EB9

analogous

#B9726D #B9986D #B4B96D

triadic

#B9986D #6DB998 #986DB9

tetradic

#B9986D #6DB972 #6D8EB9 #B96DB4

square

#B9986D #6DB972 #6D8EB9 #B96DB4

split-complementary

#B9986D #6DB4B9 #726DB9

monochromatic

#745A38 #9D7A4B #B9986D #CDB596 #E1D2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B9986D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B9986D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9986D

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9986D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9986D	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4996A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9986d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.070 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb697',
    500: '#b9986d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9986d;
$custom-light: #cfb697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9986d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.947,
    "s": 35.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69951,
    "c": 0.07034,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9986D

secondary

#B2BFD0

accent

#8DCB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9986D

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

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