#B99D45#B99D45

#B99D45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D45
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 0.03, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 48.72, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0031 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.112 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1403, 34.8597, 10.6121)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D45 #4561B9

analogous

#B96345 #B99D45 #9BB945

triadic

#B99D45 #45B99D #9D45B9

tetradic

#B99D45 #45B963 #4561B9 #B9459B

square

#B99D45 #45B963 #4561B9 #B9459B

split-complementary

#B99D45 #459BB9 #6345B9

monochromatic

#605124 #8C7734 #B99D45 #CAB571 #DBCC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B99D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B99D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D45

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D45	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#AD9B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b97c',
    500: '#b99d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d45;
$custom-light: #d1b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70388,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D45

secondary

#939FC7

accent

#72D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D45

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

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