#B99D3F#B99D3F

#B99D3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D3F
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -0.36, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 51.40, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.005 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.117 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9634, 34.7889, 9.6803)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D3F #3F5BB9

analogous

#B9603F #B99D3F #98B93F

triadic

#B99D3F #3FB99D #9D3FB9

tetradic

#B99D3F #3FB960 #3F5BB9 #B93F98

square

#B99D3F #3FB960 #3F5BB9 #B93F98

split-complementary

#B99D3F #3F98B9 #603FB9

monochromatic

#5E5020 #8B762F #B99D3F #CCB569 #DCCC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B99D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D3F

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D3F	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)

#AD9B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b978',
    500: '#b99d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d3f;
$custom-light: #d1b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70326,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D3F

secondary

#8D9AC7

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D3F

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

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