#B9987F#B9987F

#B9987F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.053 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9987F
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 127)
HSL	hsl(26, 29%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(26, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 31.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 8.60, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 19.75, 64.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0273 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.053 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0672, 34.3046, 24.8489)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9987F #7FA0B9

analogous

#B97F83 #B9987F #B9B57F

triadic

#B9987F #7FB998 #987FB9

tetradic

#B9987F #83B97F #7FA0B9 #B57FB9

square

#B9987F #83B97F #7FA0B9 #B57FB9

split-complementary

#B9987F #7FB9B5 #7F83B9

monochromatic

#7B5B43 #A27859 #B9987F #CFB8A7 #E4D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B9987F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B9987F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9987F

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9987F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9987F	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9987f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.053 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb6a4',
    500: '#b9987f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9987f;
$custom-light: #cfb6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9987f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.862,
    "s": 29.293,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70327,
    "c": 0.05291,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9987F

secondary

#BFCBD5

accent

#7AA83E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9987F

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

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