#B99B3D#B99B3D

#B99B3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.117 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B3D
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 0.59, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 51.71, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0025 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.117 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5729, 34.0958, 9.2794)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B3D #3D5BB9

analogous

#B95D3D #B99B3D #99B93D

triadic

#B99B3D #3DB99B #9B3DB9

tetradic

#B99B3D #3DB95D #3D5BB9 #B93D99

square

#B99B3D #3DB95D #3D5BB9 #B93D99

split-complementary

#B99B3D #3D99B9 #5D3DB9

monochromatic

#5D4E1F #8B742E #B99B3D #CDB466 #DCCB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B99B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B3D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B3D	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.117 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b877',
    500: '#b99b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b3d;
$custom-light: #d1b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6989,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B3D

secondary

#8B99C7

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B3D

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

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