#B99C3D#B99C3D

#B99C3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C3D
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 0.05, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 51.99, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.004 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.118 92)
XYZ	xyz(32.7400, 34.4300, 9.3351)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C3D #3D5AB9

analogous

#B95E3D #B99C3D #98B93D

triadic

#B99C3D #3DB99C #9C3DB9

tetradic

#B99C3D #3DB95E #3D5AB9 #B93D98

square

#B99C3D #3DB95E #3D5AB9 #B93D98

split-complementary

#B99C3D #3D98B9 #5E3DB9

monochromatic

#5D4E1F #8B752E #B99C3D #CDB566 #DCCB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B99C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B99C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C3D

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C3D	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b877',
    500: '#b99c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c3d;
$custom-light: #d1b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70098,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.34428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C3D

secondary

#8B99C7

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C3D

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

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