#B99B59#B99B59

#B99B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.092 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B59
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 2.69, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 38.59, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0071 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.092 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5334, 34.4800, 14.3383)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B59 #5977B9

analogous

#B96B59 #B99B59 #A7B959

triadic

#B99B59 #59B99B #9B59B9

tetradic

#B99B59 #59B96B #5977B9 #B959A7

square

#B99B59 #59B96B #5977B9 #B959A7

split-complementary

#B99B59 #59A7B9 #6B59B9

monochromatic

#6B572D #967B3F #B99B59 #CBB584 #DDCFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B99B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B99B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B59

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B59	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.092 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b889',
    500: '#b99b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b59;
$custom-light: #d0b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70227,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B59

secondary

#A2AFCB

accent

#7DD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B59

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

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