#B99C3C#B99C3C

#B99C3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C3C
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -0.00, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 52.42, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0043 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.118 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7133, 34.4193, 9.1946)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C3C #3C59B9

analogous

#B95D3C #B99C3C #97B93C

triadic

#B99C3C #3CB99C #9C3CB9

tetradic

#B99C3C #3CB95D #3C59B9 #B93C97

square

#B99C3C #3CB95D #3C59B9 #B93C97

split-complementary

#B99C3C #3C97B9 #5D3CB9

monochromatic

#5D4E1E #8B752D #B99C3C #CDB565 #DCCB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B99C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B99C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C3C

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C3C	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#AC9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b877',
    500: '#b99c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c3c;
$custom-light: #d1b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70089,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C3C

secondary

#8998C7

accent

#6EDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C3C

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

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