#B99A39#B99A39

#B99A39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.119 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A39
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 0.91, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 53.15, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0021 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.119 91)
XYZ	xyz(32.3034, 33.7228, 8.6778)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A39 #3958B9

analogous

#B95A39 #B99A39 #98B939

triadic

#B99A39 #39B99A #9A39B9

tetradic

#B99A39 #39B95A #3958B9 #B93998

square

#B99A39 #39B95A #3958B9 #B93998

split-complementary

#B99A39 #3998B9 #5A39B9

monochromatic

#5B4C1C #8A732B #B99A39 #CEB461 #DDCA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B99A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B99A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A39

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A39	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.119 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b775',
    500: '#b99a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a39;
$custom-light: #d2b775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69646,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.33721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A39

secondary

#8696C8

accent

#6FDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A39

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

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