#B99540#B99540

#B99540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.111 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B99540
RGBrgb(185, 149, 64)
HSLhsl(42, 49%, 49%)
HSVhsv(42, 65%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.5%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(63.49, 4.04, 48.69)
CIE-LCHlch(63.49, 48.85, 85.26°)
OKLaboklab(68.68% 0.0078 0.1111)
OKLCHoklch(68.68% 0.111 86)
XYZxyz(31.6821, 32.1813, 9.3924)
Luminance0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B99540 #4064B9
analogous
#B95940 #B99540 #A1B940
triadic
#B99540 #40B995 #9540B9
tetradic
#B99540 #40B959 #4064B9 #B940A1
square
#B99540 #40B959 #4064B9 #B940A1
split-complementary
#B99540 #40A1B9 #5940B9
monochromatic
#5E4C21 #8C7030 #B99540 #CCAF6B #DBC798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82
#B99540 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44
#B99540 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99540
7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B99540#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B995401.002.827.447.44
#FFFFFF2.821.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4421.001.001.00
##0000007.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A69437
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9E43
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C88983
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b99540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.111 86.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b378',
    500: '#b99540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b99540;
$custom-light: #d1b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b99540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.149,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68681,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.32179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B99540
secondary
#8E9FC7
accent
#78D850
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141109
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99540

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#B99540 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva