#B99D41#B99D41

#B99D41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.115 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D41
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -0.24, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 50.52, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0044 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.115 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0203, 34.8117, 9.9801)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D41 #415DB9

analogous

#B96141 #B99D41 #99B941

triadic

#B99D41 #41B99D #9D41B9

tetradic

#B99D41 #41B961 #415DB9 #B94199

square

#B99D41 #41B961 #415DB9 #B94199

split-complementary

#B99D41 #4199B9 #6141B9

monochromatic

#5E5021 #8C7731 #B99D41 #CBB56C #DBCC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B99D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D41

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D41	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)

#AD9B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.115 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b97a',
    500: '#b99d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d41;
$custom-light: #d1b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70346,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D41

secondary

#8F9CC7

accent

#70D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D41

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

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