#B99D46#B99D46

#B99D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D46
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 62.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 0.09, 48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 48.26, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0028 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.111 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1716, 34.8722, 10.7769)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D46 #4662B9

analogous

#B96346 #B99D46 #9CB946

triadic

#B99D46 #46B99D #9D46B9

tetradic

#B99D46 #46B963 #4662B9 #B9469C

square

#B99D46 #46B963 #4662B9 #B9469C

split-complementary

#B99D46 #469CB9 #6346B9

monochromatic

#605224 #8D7735 #B99D46 #CAB572 #DBCC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B99D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B99D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D46

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D46	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)

#AD9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b97d',
    500: '#b99d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d46;
$custom-light: #d1b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70399,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D46

secondary

#94A0C7

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D46

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

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