#B99E3E#B99E3E

#B99E3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.118 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E3E
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -0.96, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 52.12, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0069 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.118 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1056, 35.1176, 9.5911)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E3E #3E59B9

analogous

#B9603E #B99E3E #96B93E

triadic

#B99E3E #3EB99E #9E3EB9

tetradic

#B99E3E #3EB960 #3E59B9 #B93E96

square

#B99E3E #3EB960 #3E59B9 #B93E96

split-complementary

#B99E3E #3E96B9 #603EB9

monochromatic

#5D501F #8B772F #B99E3E #CCB668 #DCCC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B99E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E3E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E3E	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)

#AE9B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.118 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba78',
    500: '#b99e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e3e;
$custom-light: #d1ba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70526,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E3E

secondary

#8C99C7

accent

#6DD94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E3E

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

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