#B99C41#B99C41

#B99C41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C41
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 0.30, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 50.23, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0028 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.115 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8518, 34.4747, 9.9239)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C41 #415EB9

analogous

#B96041 #B99C41 #9AB941

triadic

#B99C41 #41B99C #9C41B9

tetradic

#B99C41 #41B960 #415EB9 #B9419A

square

#B99C41 #41B960 #415EB9 #B9419A

split-complementary

#B99C41 #419AB9 #6041B9

monochromatic

#5E5021 #8C7631 #B99C41 #CBB46C #DBCB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B99C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B99C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C41

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C41	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)

#AC9A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b87a',
    500: '#b99c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c41;
$custom-light: #d1b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70138,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C41

secondary

#8F9CC7

accent

#71D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C41

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

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