#B99E41#B99E41

#B99E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.116 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E41
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -0.78, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 50.81, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.006 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.116 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1902, 35.1514, 10.0367)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E41 #415CB9

analogous

#B96241 #B99E41 #98B941

triadic

#B99E41 #41B99E #9E41B9

tetradic

#B99E41 #41B962 #415CB9 #B94198

square

#B99E41 #41B962 #415CB9 #B94198

split-complementary

#B99E41 #4198B9 #6241B9

monochromatic

#5E5121 #8C7731 #B99E41 #CBB66C #DBCC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B99E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E41

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E41	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)

#AE9B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.116 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba7a',
    500: '#b99e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e41;
$custom-light: #d1ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70555,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E41

secondary

#8F9BC7

accent

#6FD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E41

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

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