#B99C8F#B99C8F

#B99C8F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.039 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C8F
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(19, 23%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 23%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 22.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 8.66, 10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 13.84, 51.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0275 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.039 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8542, 36.0757, 31.0032)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C8F #8FACB9

analogous

#B98F97 #B99C8F #B9B18F

triadic

#B99C8F #8FB99C #9C8FB9

tetradic

#B99C8F #97B98F #8FACB9 #B18FB9

square

#B99C8F #97B98F #8FACB9 #B18FB9

split-complementary

#B99C8F #8FB9B1 #8F97B9

monochromatic

#7F5E4F #A17B69 #B99C8F #D1BDB5 #E8DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B99C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B99C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C8F

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C8F	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.039 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9af',
    500: '#b99c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c8f;
$custom-light: #ceb9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.571,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71516,
    "c": 0.03932,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C8F

secondary

#CBD5D9

accent

#85A244

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C8F

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

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