#B99D3E#B99D3E

#B99D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D3E
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -0.42, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 51.84, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0053 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.118 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9357, 34.7778, 9.5345)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D3E #3E5AB9

analogous

#B95F3E #B99D3E #98B93E

triadic

#B99D3E #3EB99D #9D3EB9

tetradic

#B99D3E #3EB95F #3E5AB9 #B93E98

square

#B99D3E #3EB95F #3E5AB9 #B93E98

split-complementary

#B99D3E #3E98B9 #5F3EB9

monochromatic

#5D4F1F #8B762F #B99D3E #CCB568 #DCCC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B99D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D3E

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D3E	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b978',
    500: '#b99d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d3e;
$custom-light: #d1b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70317,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D3E

secondary

#8C99C7

accent

#6ED94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D3E

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

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