#B99A42#B99A42

#B99A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A42
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 1.45, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 49.23, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0006 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.112 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5482, 33.8207, 9.9669)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A42 #4261B9

analogous

#B95F42 #B99A42 #9DB942

triadic

#B99A42 #42B99A #9A42B9

tetradic

#B99A42 #42B95F #4261B9 #B9429D

square

#B99A42 #42B95F #4261B9 #B9429D

split-complementary

#B99A42 #429DB9 #5F42B9

monochromatic

#5F4F22 #8C7432 #B99A42 #CBB36D #DBCA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B99A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B99A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A42

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A42	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b77a',
    500: '#b99a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a42;
$custom-light: #d1b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.37,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69732,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A42

secondary

#909EC7

accent

#74D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A42

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

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