#B99D3D#B99D3D

#B99D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D3D
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -0.48, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 52.27, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0056 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.118 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9085, 34.7670, 9.3913)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D3D #3D59B9

analogous

#B95F3D #B99D3D #97B93D

triadic

#B99D3D #3DB99D #9D3DB9

tetradic

#B99D3D #3DB95F #3D59B9 #B93D97

square

#B99D3D #3DB95F #3D59B9 #B93D97

split-complementary

#B99D3D #3D97B9 #5F3DB9

monochromatic

#5D4F1F #8B762E #B99D3D #CDB666 #DCCC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B99D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D3D

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D3D	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)

#AD9A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b977',
    500: '#b99d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d3d;
$custom-light: #d1b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D3D

secondary

#8B98C7

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D3D

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

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