#B99D48#B99D48

#B99D48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.109 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D48
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 0.23, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 47.34, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0022 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.109 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2358, 34.8979, 11.1150)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D48 #4864B9

analogous

#B96548 #B99D48 #9CB948

triadic

#B99D48 #48B99D #9D48B9

tetradic

#B99D48 #48B965 #4864B9 #B9489C

square

#B99D48 #48B965 #4864B9 #B9489C

split-complementary

#B99D48 #489CB9 #6548B9

monochromatic

#615225 #8E7836 #B99D48 #CAB574 #DBCCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B99D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B99D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D48

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D48	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.109 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b97e',
    500: '#b99d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d48;
$custom-light: #d1b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70421,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D48

secondary

#95A2C8

accent

#73D453

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D48

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

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