#B99A3A#B99A3A

#B99A3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A3A
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 0.96, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 52.73, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0018 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.119 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3286, 33.7329, 8.8105)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A3A #3A59B9

analogous

#B95A3A #B99A3A #99B93A

triadic

#B99A3A #3AB99A #9A3AB9

tetradic

#B99A3A #3AB95A #3A59B9 #B93A99

square

#B99A3A #3AB95A #3A59B9 #B93A99

split-complementary

#B99A3A #3A99B9 #5A3AB9

monochromatic

#5C4C1D #8A732B #B99A3A #CEB462 #DCCA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B99A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B99A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A3A

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A3A	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b775',
    500: '#b99a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a3a;
$custom-light: #d2b775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69655,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A3A

secondary

#8797C7

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A3A

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

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