#B99539#B99539

#B99539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.117 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99539
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 3.62, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 51.91, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0057 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.117 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4953, 32.1066, 8.4084)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99539 #395DB9

analogous

#B95539 #B99539 #9DB939

triadic

#B99539 #39B995 #9539B9

tetradic

#B99539 #39B955 #395DB9 #B9399D

square

#B99539 #39B955 #395DB9 #B9399D

split-complementary

#B99539 #399DB9 #5539B9

monochromatic

#5B4A1C #8A6F2B #B99539 #CEB061 #DDC790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B99539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B99539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99539

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99539	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)

#A6942D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.117 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b374',
    500: '#b99539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99539;
$custom-light: #d2b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68613,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99539

secondary

#8699C8

accent

#74DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99539

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

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