#B99987#B99987

#B99987 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.046 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99987
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(22, 26%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 27%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 9.15, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 16.66, 56.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.029 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.046 51)
XYZ	xyz(35.7725, 34.8474, 27.7589)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99987 #87A7B9

analogous

#B9878E #B99987 #B9B287

triadic

#B99987 #87B999 #9987B9

tetradic

#B99987 #8EB987 #87A7B9 #B287B9

square

#B99987 #8EB987 #87A7B9 #B287B9

split-complementary

#B99987 #87B9B2 #878EB9

monochromatic

#7D5C49 #A27860 #B99987 #D0BAAE #E6DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B99987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99987

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99987	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.046 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7aa',
    500: '#b99987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99987;
$custom-light: #ceb7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70716,
    "c": 0.04614,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.34846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99987

secondary

#C5D0D7

accent

#81A541

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99987

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

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