#B99438#B99438

#B99438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99438
RGB	rgb(185, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 4.11, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 52.10, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.007 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.117 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3131, 31.7816, 8.2258)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99438 #385DB9

analogous

#B95438 #B99438 #9DB938

triadic

#B99438 #38B994 #9438B9

tetradic

#B99438 #38B954 #385DB9 #B9389D

square

#B99438 #38B954 #385DB9 #B9389D

split-complementary

#B99438 #389DB9 #5438B9

monochromatic

#5B491C #8A6E2A #B99438 #CFAF5F #DDC68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B99438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#B99438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99438

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99438	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b374',
    500: '#b99438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99438;
$custom-light: #d2b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.791,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68398,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99438

secondary

#8598C8

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99438

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

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