#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
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, 4.04, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 48.85, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0078 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.111 86)
XYZ	xyz(31.6821, 32.1813, 9.3924)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##B99540	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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