#B99231#B99231

#B99231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.121 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99231
RGB	rgb(185, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 4.85, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 54.53, 84.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0083 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.121 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8427, 31.0959, 7.2828)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99231 #3158B9

analogous

#B94E31 #B99231 #9CB931

triadic

#B99231 #31B992 #9231B9

tetradic

#B99231 #31B94E #3158B9 #B9319C

square

#B99231 #31B94E #3158B9 #B9319C

split-complementary

#B99231 #319CB9 #4E31B9

monochromatic

#584617 #896C24 #B99231 #D2AE55 #DFC586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B99231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#B99231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99231

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99231	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.121 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b16f',
    500: '#b99231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99231;
$custom-light: #d2b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.794,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6793,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99231

secondary

#7D93C8

accent

#73E146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99231

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

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