#B99B4E#B99B4E

#B99B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.103 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B4E
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 1.77, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 43.93, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.003 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.103 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1056, 34.3088, 12.0848)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B4E #4E6CB9

analogous

#B9664E #B99B4E #A2B94E

triadic

#B99B4E #4EB99B #9B4EB9

tetradic

#B99B4E #4EB966 #4E6CB9 #B94EA2

square

#B99B4E #4EB966 #4E6CB9 #B94EA2

split-complementary

#B99B4E #4EA2B9 #664EB9

monochromatic

#655428 #917839 #B99B4E #CAB47A #DCCDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B99B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B4E

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B4E	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.103 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b882',
    500: '#b99b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b4e;
$custom-light: #d1b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.178,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70077,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B4E

secondary

#9AA7C9

accent

#78D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B4E

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

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