#B99D49#B99D49

#B99D49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D49
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 0.31, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 46.87, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0018 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.108 91)
XYZ	xyz(33.2687, 34.9110, 11.2882)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D49 #4965B9

analogous

#B96549 #B99D49 #9DB949

triadic

#B99D49 #49B99D #9D49B9

tetradic

#B99D49 #49B965 #4965B9 #B9499D

square

#B99D49 #49B965 #4965B9 #B9499D

split-complementary

#B99D49 #499DB9 #6549B9

monochromatic

#625326 #8E7837 #B99D49 #CAB575 #DBCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B99D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B99D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D49

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D49	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)

#AC9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b97f',
    500: '#b99d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d49;
$custom-light: #d1b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70432,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.34909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D49

secondary

#96A2C8

accent

#74D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D49

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

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