#B99B40#B99B40

#B99B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B40
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 0.78, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 50.40, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0016 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.115 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6560, 34.1290, 9.7170)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B40 #405EB9

analogous

#B95F40 #B99B40 #9BB940

triadic

#B99B40 #40B99B #9B40B9

tetradic

#B99B40 #40B95F #405EB9 #B9409B

square

#B99B40 #40B95F #405EB9 #B9409B

split-complementary

#B99B40 #409BB9 #5F40B9

monochromatic

#5E4F21 #8C7530 #B99B40 #CCB46B #DBCB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B99B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B99B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B40

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B40	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b879',
    500: '#b99b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b40;
$custom-light: #d1b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69919,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B40

secondary

#8E9CC7

accent

#71D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B40

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

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