#B99159#B99159

#B99159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.088 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99159
RGB	rgb(185, 145, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, 8.17, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 36.23, 76.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0231 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.088 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9376, 31.2883, 13.8063)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99159 #5981B9

analogous

#B96159 #B99159 #B1B959

triadic

#B99159 #59B991 #9159B9

tetradic

#B99159 #59B961 #5981B9 #B959B1

square

#B99159 #59B961 #5981B9 #B959B1

split-complementary

#B99159 #59B1B9 #6159B9

monochromatic

#6B512D #96723F #B99159 #CBAE84 #DDCAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B99159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#B99159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99159

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99159	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 145, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.088 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b189',
    500: '#b99159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99159;
$custom-light: #d0b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68192,
    "c": 0.08788,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99159

secondary

#A2B3CB

accent

#8AD157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99159

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

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