#B99D3B#B99D3B

#B99D3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D3B
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -0.60, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 53.12, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0062 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.12 93)
XYZ	xyz(32.8556, 34.7458, 9.1129)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D3B #3B57B9

analogous

#B95E3B #B99D3B #96B93B

triadic

#B99D3B #3BB99D #9D3BB9

tetradic

#B99D3B #3BB95E #3B57B9 #B93B96

square

#B99D3B #3BB95E #3B57B9 #B93B96

split-complementary

#B99D3B #3B96B9 #5E3BB9

monochromatic

#5C4E1D #8B762C #B99D3B #CDB664 #DCCC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B99D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D3B

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D3B	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b976',
    500: '#b99d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d3b;
$custom-light: #d1b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70289,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.34744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D3B

secondary

#8896C7

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D3B

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

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