#B99837#B99837

#B99837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99837
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 1.88, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 53.47, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% 0.0005 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.12 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9272, 33.0485, 8.3111)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99837 #3758B9

analogous

#B95737 #B99837 #99B937

triadic

#B99837 #37B998 #9837B9

tetradic

#B99837 #37B957 #3758B9 #B93799

square

#B99837 #37B957 #3758B9 #B93799

split-complementary

#B99837 #3799B9 #5737B9

monochromatic

#5B4A1B #8A7129 #B99837 #CFB25E #DDC98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B99837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B99837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99837

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99837	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b673',
    500: '#b99837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99837;
$custom-light: #d2b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69213,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99837

secondary

#8495C8

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99837

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

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