#B99838#B99838

#B99838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99838
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 1.94, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 53.05, 87.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0007 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.119 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9514, 33.0582, 8.4386)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99838 #3859B9

analogous

#B95738 #B99838 #9AB938

triadic

#B99838 #38B998 #9838B9

tetradic

#B99838 #38B957 #3859B9 #B9389A

square

#B99838 #38B957 #3859B9 #B9389A

split-complementary

#B99838 #389AB9 #5738B9

monochromatic

#5B4B1C #8A712A #B99838 #CFB25F #DDC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B99838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B99838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99838

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99838	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)

#A9962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b674',
    500: '#b99838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99838;
$custom-light: #d2b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69222,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99838

secondary

#8596C8

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99838

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

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