#B99B3E#B99B3E

#B99B3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.116 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B3E
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 0.66, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 51.28, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0022 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.116 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6001, 34.1066, 9.4226)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B3E #3E5CB9

analogous

#B95D3E #B99B3E #99B93E

triadic

#B99B3E #3EB99B #9B3EB9

tetradic

#B99B3E #3EB95D #3E5CB9 #B93E99

square

#B99B3E #3EB95D #3E5CB9 #B93E99

split-complementary

#B99B3E #3E99B9 #5D3EB9

monochromatic

#5D4E1F #8B752F #B99B3E #CCB468 #DCCB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B99B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B3E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B3E	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)

#AB9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b878',
    500: '#b99b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b3e;
$custom-light: #d1b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.699,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B3E

secondary

#8C9AC7

accent

#70D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B3E

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

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