#B9998A#B9998A

#B9998A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.044 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9998A
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 138)
HSL	hsl(19, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 25.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, 9.58, 12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 15.62, 52.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0303 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.044 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9866, 34.9331, 28.8870)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9998A #8AAAB9

analogous

#B98A92 #B9998A #B9B08A

triadic

#B9998A #8AB999 #998AB9

tetradic

#B9998A #92B98A #8AAAB9 #B08AB9

square

#B9998A #92B98A #8AAAB9 #B08AB9

split-complementary

#B9998A #8AB9B0 #8A92B9

monochromatic

#7E5B4B #A27864 #B9998A #D0BAB0 #E7DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B9998A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B9998A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9998A

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9998A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9998A	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9998a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.044 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7ac',
    500: '#b9998a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9998a;
$custom-light: #ceb7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9998a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.149,
    "s": 25.134,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7079,
    "c": 0.044,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9998A

secondary

#C7D2D8

accent

#84A442

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9998A

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

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