#B99235#B99235

#B99235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.118 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99235
RGB	rgb(185, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, 5.05, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 52.91, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.0094 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.118 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9309, 31.1312, 7.7473)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99235 #355CB9

analogous

#B95035 #B99235 #9EB935

triadic

#B99235 #35B992 #9235B9

tetradic

#B99235 #35B950 #355CB9 #B9359E

square

#B99235 #35B950 #355CB9 #B9359E

split-complementary

#B99235 #359EB9 #5035B9

monochromatic

#5A471A #896C27 #B99235 #D0AE5B #DEC58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#B99235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#B99235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99235

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99235	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.118 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b172',
    500: '#b99235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99235;
$custom-light: #d2b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67963,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99235

secondary

#8297C8

accent

#75DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99235

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

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