#B99D3C#B99D3C

#B99D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D3C
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -0.54, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 52.70, 90.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0059 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.119 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8818, 34.7563, 9.2508)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D3C #3C58B9

analogous

#B95E3C #B99D3C #96B93C

triadic

#B99D3C #3CB99D #9D3CB9

tetradic

#B99D3C #3CB95E #3C58B9 #B93C96

square

#B99D3C #3CB95E #3C58B9 #B93C96

split-complementary

#B99D3C #3C96B9 #5E3CB9

monochromatic

#5D4F1E #8B762D #B99D3C #CDB665 #DCCC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B99D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D3C

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D3C	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)

#AD9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b977',
    500: '#b99d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d3c;
$custom-light: #d1b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70298,
    "c": 0.11908,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D3C

secondary

#8997C7

accent

#6DDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D3C

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

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