#B99B4A#B99B4A

#B99B4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.106 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B4A
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 74)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 60%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 1.46, 45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 45.83, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0017 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.106 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9665, 34.2532, 11.3523)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B4A #4A68B9

analogous

#B9634A #B99B4A #9FB94A

triadic

#B99B4A #4AB99B #9B4AB9

tetradic

#B99B4A #4AB963 #4A68B9 #B94A9F

square

#B99B4A #4AB963 #4A68B9 #B94A9F

split-complementary

#B99B4A #4A9FB9 #634AB9

monochromatic

#635226 #8F7737 #B99B4A #CAB376 #DBCCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B99B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B99B4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B4A

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B4A	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.106 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b87f',
    500: '#b99b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b4a;
$custom-light: #d1b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B4A

secondary

#97A4C8

accent

#76D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B4A

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

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