#B99D52#B99D52

#B99D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.100 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D52
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 55.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 1.00, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 42.59, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0013 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.1 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5889, 35.0391, 12.9750)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D52 #526EB9

analogous

#B96952 #B99D52 #A2B952

triadic

#B99D52 #52B99D #9D52B9

tetradic

#B99D52 #52B969 #526EB9 #B952A2

square

#B99D52 #52B969 #526EB9 #B952A2

split-complementary

#B99D52 #52A2B9 #6952B9

monochromatic

#67562A #937B3B #B99D52 #CBB67E #DCCEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B99D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D52

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D52	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.100 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b985',
    500: '#b99d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d52;
$custom-light: #d0b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.689,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70543,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D52

secondary

#9DA9CA

accent

#77D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D52

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

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