#B9986F#B9986F

#B9986F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.068 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9986F
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 111)
HSL	hsl(33, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 40%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 6.60, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 27.02, 75.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0207 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.068 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1061, 33.9201, 19.7866)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9986F #6F90B9

analogous

#B9736F #B9986F #B5B96F

triadic

#B9986F #6FB998 #986FB9

tetradic

#B9986F #6FB973 #6F90B9 #B96FB5

square

#B9986F #6FB973 #6F90B9 #B96FB5

split-complementary

#B9986F #6FB5B9 #736FB9

monochromatic

#755A39 #9E7A4D #B9986F #CDB598 #E1D3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B9986F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B9986F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9986F

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9986F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9986F	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)

#A4996C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9986f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.068 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb698',
    500: '#b9986f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9986f;
$custom-light: #cfb698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9986f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.243,
    "s": 34.579,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69989,
    "c": 0.0683,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9986F

secondary

#B3C0D1

accent

#8ECB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9986F

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

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