#B99E3D#B99E3D

#B99E3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E3D
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -1.02, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 52.56, 91.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0071 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.119 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0784, 35.1067, 9.4479)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E3D #3D58B9

analogous

#B9603D #B99E3D #96B93D

triadic

#B99E3D #3DB99E #9E3DB9

tetradic

#B99E3D #3DB960 #3D58B9 #B93D96

square

#B99E3D #3DB960 #3D58B9 #B93D96

split-complementary

#B99E3D #3D96B9 #603DB9

monochromatic

#5D4F1F #8B772E #B99E3D #CDB666 #DCCC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B99E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E3D

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E3D	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba77',
    500: '#b99e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e3d;
$custom-light: #d1ba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E3D

secondary

#8B98C7

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E3D

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

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