#B99D4E#B99D4E

#B99D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D4E
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 0.68, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 44.51, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0001 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.104 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4412, 34.9800, 12.1966)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D4E #4E6AB9

analogous

#B9684E #B99D4E #A0B94E

triadic

#B99D4E #4EB99D #9D4EB9

tetradic

#B99D4E #4EB968 #4E6AB9 #B94EA0

square

#B99D4E #4EB968 #4E6AB9 #B94EA0

split-complementary

#B99D4E #4EA0B9 #684EB9

monochromatic

#655528 #917A39 #B99D4E #CAB57A #DCCEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B99D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B99D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D4E

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D4E	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b982',
    500: '#b99d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d4e;
$custom-light: #d1b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.299,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70492,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D4E

secondary

#9AA6C9

accent

#76D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D4E

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

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