#B99D72#B99D72

#B99D72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.067 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D72
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 114)
HSL	hsl(36, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 38.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 4.22, 26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 26.68, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0139 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.067 78)
XYZ	xyz(35.1027, 35.6446, 20.9474)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D72 #728EB9

analogous

#B97972 #B99D72 #B1B972

triadic

#B99D72 #72B99D #9D72B9

tetradic

#B99D72 #72B979 #728EB9 #B972B1

square

#B99D72 #72B979 #728EB9 #B972B1

split-complementary

#B99D72 #72B1B9 #7972B9

monochromatic

#765F3B #9F7F4F #B99D72 #CDB99B #E2D6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B99D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B99D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D72

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D72	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.067 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb99b',
    500: '#b99d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d72;
$custom-light: #cfb99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.338,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71064,
    "c": 0.067,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.35643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D72

secondary

#B5C0D1

accent

#89CA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D72

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

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