#B9998D#B9998D

#B9998D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.042 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9998D
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(16, 24%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 23.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 10.02, 10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 14.71, 47.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0315 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.042 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2068, 35.0212, 30.0467)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9998D #8DADB9

analogous

#B98D97 #B9998D #B9AF8D

triadic

#B9998D #8DB999 #998DB9

tetradic

#B9998D #97B98D #8DADB9 #AF8DB9

square

#B9998D #97B98D #8DADB9 #AF8DB9

split-complementary

#B9998D #8DB9AF #8D97B9

monochromatic

#7E5B4D #A27767 #B9998D #D0BBB3 #E8DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B9998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B9998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9998D

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9998D	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.042 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb7ae',
    500: '#b9998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9998d;
$custom-light: #ceb7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 23.913,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70866,
    "c": 0.04213,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9998D

secondary

#C9D4D9

accent

#88A243

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9998D

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

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