#B99A50#B99A50

#B99A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.100 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A50
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 56.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 2.47, 42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 42.69, 86.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0053 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.1 87)
XYZ	xyz(33.0126, 34.0065, 12.4129)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A50 #506FB9

analogous

#B96650 #B99A50 #A3B950

triadic

#B99A50 #50B99A #9A50B9

tetradic

#B99A50 #50B966 #506FB9 #B950A3

square

#B99A50 #50B966 #506FB9 #B950A3

split-complementary

#B99A50 #50A3B9 #6650B9

monochromatic

#665429 #92783A #B99A50 #CAB37C #DCCCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B99A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A50

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A50	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)

#A99949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.100 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b783',
    500: '#b99a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a50;
$custom-light: #d1b783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.286,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69896,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.34005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A50

secondary

#9BA9C9

accent

#7AD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A50

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

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