#B99255#B99255

#B99255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.092 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99255
RGB	rgb(185, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 7.26, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 38.34, 79.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.02 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.092 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9276, 31.5299, 12.9968)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99255 #557CB9

analogous

#B96055 #B99255 #AEB955

triadic

#B99255 #55B992 #9255B9

tetradic

#B99255 #55B960 #557CB9 #B955AE

square

#B99255 #55B960 #557CB9 #B955AE

split-complementary

#B99255 #55AEB9 #6055B9

monochromatic

#69512B #94723D #B99255 #CBAE80 #DDCAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B99255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#B99255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99255

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99255	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.092 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b186',
    500: '#b99255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99255;
$custom-light: #d0b186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.6,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68333,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99255

secondary

#9FB0CB

accent

#86D156

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99255

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

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