#B99D43#B99D43

#B99D43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.114 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D43
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 63.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -0.11, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 49.62, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0038 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.114 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0793, 34.8353, 10.2906)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D43 #435FB9

analogous

#B96243 #B99D43 #9AB943

triadic

#B99D43 #43B99D #9D43B9

tetradic

#B99D43 #43B962 #435FB9 #B9439A

square

#B99D43 #43B962 #435FB9 #B9439A

split-complementary

#B99D43 #439AB9 #6243B9

monochromatic

#5F5122 #8C7733 #B99D43 #CBB56F #DBCC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B99D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D43

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D43	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.114 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b97b',
    500: '#b99d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d43;
$custom-light: #d1b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70367,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D43

secondary

#919EC7

accent

#71D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D43

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

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