#B99E4E#B99E4E

#B99E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E4E
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 0.14, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 44.81, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0017 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.105 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6110, 35.3198, 12.2533)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E4E #4E69B9

analogous

#B9694E #B99E4E #9FB94E

triadic

#B99E4E #4EB99E #9E4EB9

tetradic

#B99E4E #4EB969 #4E69B9 #B94E9F

square

#B99E4E #4EB969 #4E69B9 #B94E9F

split-complementary

#B99E4E #4E9FB9 #694EB9

monochromatic

#655528 #917B39 #B99E4E #CAB67A #DCCEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B99E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E4E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E4E	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba82',
    500: '#b99e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e4e;
$custom-light: #d1ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.86,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.707,
    "c": 0.10465,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E4E

secondary

#9AA6C9

accent

#75D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E4E

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

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