#B99D44#B99D44

#B99D44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.113 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D44
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -0.04, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 49.17, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0035 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.113 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1095, 34.8474, 10.4500)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D44 #4460B9

analogous

#B96344 #B99D44 #9BB944

triadic

#B99D44 #44B99D #9D44B9

tetradic

#B99D44 #44B963 #4460B9 #B9449B

square

#B99D44 #44B963 #4460B9 #B9449B

split-complementary

#B99D44 #449BB9 #6344B9

monochromatic

#5F5123 #8C7734 #B99D44 #CAB570 #DBCC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B99D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D44

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D44	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)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.113 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b97b',
    500: '#b99d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d44;
$custom-light: #d1b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70377,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D44

secondary

#929EC7

accent

#71D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D44

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

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