#B99C4E#B99C4E

#B99C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C4E
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 1.22, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 44.22, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0015 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.103 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2727, 34.6430, 12.1405)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C4E #4E6BB9

analogous

#B9674E #B99C4E #A1B94E

triadic

#B99C4E #4EB99C #9C4EB9

tetradic

#B99C4E #4EB967 #4E6BB9 #B94EA1

square

#B99C4E #4EB967 #4E6BB9 #B94EA1

split-complementary

#B99C4E #4EA1B9 #674EB9

monochromatic

#655428 #917939 #B99C4E #CAB57A #DCCDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B99C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C4E

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C4E	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b982',
    500: '#b99c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c4e;
$custom-light: #d1b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.738,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70284,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C4E

secondary

#9AA7C9

accent

#77D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C4E

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

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