#B99C8A#B99C8A

#B99C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.043 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C8A
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(23, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 25.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 7.93, 13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 15.59, 59.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0255 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.043 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4838, 35.9275, 29.0527)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C8A #8AA7B9

analogous

#B98A8F #B99C8A #B9B38A

triadic

#B99C8A #8AB99C #9C8AB9

tetradic

#B99C8A #8FB98A #8AA7B9 #B38AB9

square

#B99C8A #8FB98A #8AA7B9 #B38AB9

split-complementary

#B99C8A #8AB9B3 #8A8FB9

monochromatic

#7E5E4B #A27C64 #B99C8A #D0BCB0 #E7DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B99C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B99C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C8A

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C8A	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.043 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9ac',
    500: '#b99c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c8a;
$custom-light: #ceb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.979,
    "s": 25.134,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7139,
    "c": 0.04299,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C8A

secondary

#C7D1D8

accent

#7EA442

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C8A

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

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