#B99E42#B99E42

#B99E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.115 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E42
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -0.71, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 50.36, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0056 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.115 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2194, 35.1631, 10.1906)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E42 #425DB9

analogous

#B96342 #B99E42 #98B942

triadic

#B99E42 #42B99E #9E42B9

tetradic

#B99E42 #42B963 #425DB9 #B94298

square

#B99E42 #42B963 #425DB9 #B94298

split-complementary

#B99E42 #4298B9 #6342B9

monochromatic

#5F5122 #8C7732 #B99E42 #CBB66D #DBCC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B99E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B99E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E42

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E42	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AE9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.115 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba7a',
    500: '#b99e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e42;
$custom-light: #d1ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70565,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E42

secondary

#909CC7

accent

#6FD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E42

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

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