#B99B8A#B99B8A

#B99B8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.043 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B8A
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(22, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 25.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 8.48, 13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 15.57, 57.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0271 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.043 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3167, 35.5933, 28.9970)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B8A #8AA8B9

analogous

#B98A90 #B99B8A #B9B28A

triadic

#B99B8A #8AB99B #9B8AB9

tetradic

#B99B8A #90B98A #8AA8B9 #B28AB9

square

#B99B8A #90B98A #8AA8B9 #B28AB9

split-complementary

#B99B8A #8AB9B2 #8A90B9

monochromatic

#7E5D4B #A27A64 #B99B8A #D0BCB0 #E7DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B99B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B99B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B8A

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B8A	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.043 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8ac',
    500: '#b99b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b8a;
$custom-light: #ceb8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.702,
    "s": 25.134,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71189,
    "c": 0.04325,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B8A

secondary

#C7D2D8

accent

#80A442

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B8A

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

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