#B99B3A#B99B3A

#B99B3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.119 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B3A
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 0.42, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 52.99, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0034 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.119 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4943, 34.0643, 8.8657)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B3A #3A58B9

analogous

#B95C3A #B99B3A #97B93A

triadic

#B99B3A #3AB99B #9B3AB9

tetradic

#B99B3A #3AB95C #3A58B9 #B93A97

square

#B99B3A #3AB95C #3A58B9 #B93A97

split-complementary

#B99B3A #3A97B9 #5C3AB9

monochromatic

#5C4D1D #8A742B #B99B3A #CEB462 #DCCB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B99B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B3A

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B3A	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.119 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b875',
    500: '#b99b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b3a;
$custom-light: #d2b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69863,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B3A

secondary

#8796C7

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B3A

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

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