#B99F55#B99F55

#B99F55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.099 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F55
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 0.17, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 41.74, 89.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0007 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.099 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0468, 35.7681, 13.7031)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F55 #556FB9

analogous

#B96D55 #B99F55 #A1B955

triadic

#B99F55 #55B99F #9F55B9

tetradic

#B99F55 #55B96D #556FB9 #B955A1

square

#B99F55 #55B96D #556FB9 #B955A1

split-complementary

#B99F55 #55A1B9 #6D55B9

monochromatic

#69592B #947D3D #B99F55 #CBB780 #DDD0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B99F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B99F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F55

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F55	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.099 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb87',
    500: '#b99f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f55;
$custom-light: #d0bb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70999,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F55

secondary

#9FABCB

accent

#76D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F55

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

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