#B99D50#B99D50

#B99D50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D50
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 56.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 0.84, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 43.56, 88.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0006 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.102 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5140, 35.0091, 12.5800)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D50 #506CB9

analogous

#B96950 #B99D50 #A1B950

triadic

#B99D50 #50B99D #9D50B9

tetradic

#B99D50 #50B969 #506CB9 #B950A1

square

#B99D50 #50B969 #506CB9 #B950A1

split-complementary

#B99D50 #50A1B9 #6950B9

monochromatic

#665629 #927A3A #B99D50 #CAB57C #DCCEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B99D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D50

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D50	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#AC9B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b983',
    500: '#b99d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d50;
$custom-light: #d1b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70517,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D50

secondary

#9BA8C9

accent

#77D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D50

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

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