#B99C3A#B99C3A

#B99C3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C3A
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -0.12, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 53.27, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0049 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.12 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6614, 34.3986, 8.9214)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C3A #3A57B9

analogous

#B95C3A #B99C3A #97B93A

triadic

#B99C3A #3AB99C #9C3AB9

tetradic

#B99C3A #3AB95C #3A57B9 #B93A97

square

#B99C3A #3AB95C #3A57B9 #B93A97

split-complementary

#B99C3A #3A97B9 #5C3AB9

monochromatic

#5C4D1D #8A752B #B99C3A #CEB562 #DCCB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B99C3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C3A

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C3A	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b875',
    500: '#b99c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c3a;
$custom-light: #d2b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70071,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C3A

secondary

#8796C7

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C3A

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

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