#B99B3F#B99B3F

#B99B3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B3F
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 0.72, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 50.84, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0019 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.115 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6278, 34.1177, 9.5685)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B3F #3F5DB9

analogous

#B95E3F #B99B3F #9AB93F

triadic

#B99B3F #3FB99B #9B3FB9

tetradic

#B99B3F #3FB95E #3F5DB9 #B93F9A

square

#B99B3F #3FB95E #3F5DB9 #B93F9A

split-complementary

#B99B3F #3F9AB9 #5E3FB9

monochromatic

#5E4E20 #8B752F #B99B3F #CCB469 #DCCB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B99B3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B99B3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B3F

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B3F	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#AB9934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b878',
    500: '#b99b3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b3f;
$custom-light: #d1b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69909,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B3F

secondary

#8D9BC7

accent

#71D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B3F

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

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