#B99259#B99259

#B99259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.088 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99259
RGB	rgb(185, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 7.62, 35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 36.42, 77.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% 0.0215 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.088 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0911, 31.5952, 13.8575)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99259 #5980B9

analogous

#B96259 #B99259 #B0B959

triadic

#B99259 #59B992 #9259B9

tetradic

#B99259 #59B962 #5980B9 #B959B0

square

#B99259 #59B962 #5980B9 #B959B0

split-complementary

#B99259 #59B0B9 #6259B9

monochromatic

#6B522D #96733F #B99259 #CBAE84 #DDCBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B99259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B99259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99259

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99259	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.088 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b189',
    500: '#b99259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99259;
$custom-light: #d0b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68393,
    "c": 0.08816,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99259

secondary

#A2B3CB

accent

#89D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99259

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

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