#B99237#B99237

#B99237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.117 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99237
RGB	rgb(185, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 5.15, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 52.08, 84.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0099 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.117 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9779, 31.1500, 7.9946)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99237 #375EB9

analogous

#B95137 #B99237 #9FB937

triadic

#B99237 #37B992 #9237B9

tetradic

#B99237 #37B951 #375EB9 #B9379F

square

#B99237 #37B951 #375EB9 #B9379F

split-complementary

#B99237 #379FB9 #5137B9

monochromatic

#5B481B #8A6D29 #B99237 #CFAD5E #DDC58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B99237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#B99237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99237

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99237	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	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)

#A3922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.117 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b173',
    500: '#b99237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99237;
$custom-light: #d2b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67981,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99237

secondary

#8498C8

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99237

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

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