#B99A4E#B99A4E

#B99A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.102 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A4E
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 2.31, 43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 43.65, 86.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0046 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.102 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9398, 33.9774, 12.0295)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A4E #4E6DB9

analogous

#B9654E #B99A4E #A3B94E

triadic

#B99A4E #4EB99A #9A4EB9

tetradic

#B99A4E #4EB965 #4E6DB9 #B94EA3

square

#B99A4E #4EB965 #4E6DB9 #B94EA3

split-complementary

#B99A4E #4EA3B9 #654EB9

monochromatic

#655328 #917739 #B99A4E #CAB37A #DCCCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B99A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A4E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A4E	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.102 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b782',
    500: '#b99a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a4e;
$custom-light: #d1b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.617,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69871,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A4E

secondary

#9AA8C9

accent

#79D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A4E

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

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