#B99537#B99537

#B99537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.118 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99537
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, 3.51, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 52.75, 86.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0052 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.118 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4464, 32.0870, 8.1508)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99537 #375BB9

analogous

#B95437 #B99537 #9CB937

triadic

#B99537 #37B995 #9537B9

tetradic

#B99537 #37B954 #375BB9 #B9379C

square

#B99537 #37B954 #375BB9 #B9379C

split-complementary

#B99537 #379CB9 #5437B9

monochromatic

#5B491B #8A6F29 #B99537 #CFB05E #DDC78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B99537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B99537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99537

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99537	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.118 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b373',
    500: '#b99537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99537;
$custom-light: #d2b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68595,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99537

secondary

#8497C8

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99537

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

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