#B99A55#B99A55

#B99A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.096 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A55
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 2.88, 40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 40.27, 85.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0072 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.096 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2043, 34.0831, 13.4223)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A55 #5574B9

analogous

#B96855 #B99A55 #A6B955

triadic

#B99A55 #55B99A #9A55B9

tetradic

#B99A55 #55B968 #5574B9 #B955A6

square

#B99A55 #55B968 #5574B9 #B955A6

split-complementary

#B99A55 #55A6B9 #6855B9

monochromatic

#69552B #94793D #B99A55 #CBB480 #DDCEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B99A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A55

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A55	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.096 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b786',
    500: '#b99a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a55;
$custom-light: #d0b786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.4,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69964,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A55

secondary

#9FADCB

accent

#7CD156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A55

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

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