#B99D40#B99D40

#B99D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.116 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D40
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -0.30, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 50.96, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0047 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.116 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9916, 34.8002, 9.8289)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D40 #405CB9

analogous

#B96140 #B99D40 #99B940

triadic

#B99D40 #40B99D #9D40B9

tetradic

#B99D40 #40B961 #405CB9 #B94099

square

#B99D40 #40B961 #405CB9 #B94099

split-complementary

#B99D40 #4099B9 #6140B9

monochromatic

#5E5021 #8C7630 #B99D40 #CCB56B #DBCC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B99D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D40

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D40	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)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.116 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b979',
    500: '#b99d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d40;
$custom-light: #d1b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.116,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70336,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D40

secondary

#8E9BC7

accent

#6FD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D40

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

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