#B99538#B99538

#B99538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.117 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99538
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 3.57, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 52.33, 86.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0055 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.117 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4706, 32.0967, 8.2783)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99538 #385CB9

analogous

#B95538 #B99538 #9CB938

triadic

#B99538 #38B995 #9538B9

tetradic

#B99538 #38B955 #385CB9 #B9389C

square

#B99538 #38B955 #385CB9 #B9389C

split-complementary

#B99538 #389CB9 #5538B9

monochromatic

#5B491C #8A6F2A #B99538 #CFB05F #DDC78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B99538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B99538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99538

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99538	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.117 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b374',
    500: '#b99538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99538;
$custom-light: #d2b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68604,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99538

secondary

#8598C8

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99538

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

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