#B99B41#B99B41

#B99B41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B41
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 0.84, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 49.95, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0013 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.114 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6847, 34.1405, 9.8682)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B41 #415FB9

analogous

#B95F41 #B99B41 #9BB941

triadic

#B99B41 #41B99B #9B41B9

tetradic

#B99B41 #41B95F #415FB9 #B9419B

square

#B99B41 #41B95F #415FB9 #B9419B

split-complementary

#B99B41 #419BB9 #5F41B9

monochromatic

#5E4F21 #8C7531 #B99B41 #CBB36C #DBCB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B99B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B99B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B41

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B41	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)

#AB9937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b879',
    500: '#b99b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b41;
$custom-light: #d1b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69929,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B41

secondary

#8F9DC7

accent

#72D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B41

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

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