#B9986E#B9986E

#B9986E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.069 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9986E
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 110)
HSL	hsl(34, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 40.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 6.49, 26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 27.50, 76.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0203 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.069 73)
XYZ	xyz(34.0513, 33.8982, 19.4982)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9986E #6E8FB9

analogous

#B9726E #B9986E #B5B96E

triadic

#B9986E #6EB998 #986EB9

tetradic

#B9986E #6EB972 #6E8FB9 #B96EB5

square

#B9986E #6EB972 #6E8FB9 #B96EB5

split-complementary

#B9986E #6EB5B9 #726EB9

monochromatic

#745A38 #9E7A4C #B9986E #CDB597 #E1D3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B9986E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B9986E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9986E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9986E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9986E	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)

#A4996B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9986e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.069 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb698',
    500: '#b9986e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9986e;
$custom-light: #cfb698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9986e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.6,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6997,
    "c": 0.06931,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.33897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9986E

secondary

#B2C0D0

accent

#8DCB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9986E

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

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