#B99E40#B99E40

#B99E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.117 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E40
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -0.84, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 51.25, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0063 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.117 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1615, 35.1399, 9.8855)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E40 #405BB9

analogous

#B96240 #B99E40 #98B940

triadic

#B99E40 #40B99E #9E40B9

tetradic

#B99E40 #40B962 #405BB9 #B94098

square

#B99E40 #40B962 #405BB9 #B94098

split-complementary

#B99E40 #4098B9 #6240B9

monochromatic

#5E5021 #8C7730 #B99E40 #CCB66B #DBCC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B99E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E40

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E40	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.117 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba79',
    500: '#b99e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e40;
$custom-light: #d1ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.612,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70545,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E40

secondary

#8E9AC7

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E40

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

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