#B99E43#B99E43

#B99E43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.114 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E43
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 63.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -0.65, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 49.92, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0053 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.114 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2491, 35.1750, 10.3472)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E43 #435EB9

analogous

#B96343 #B99E43 #99B943

triadic

#B99E43 #43B99E #9E43B9

tetradic

#B99E43 #43B963 #435EB9 #B94399

square

#B99E43 #43B963 #435EB9 #B94399

split-complementary

#B99E43 #4399B9 #6343B9

monochromatic

#5F5122 #8C7833 #B99E43 #CBB66F #DBCC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B99E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B99E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E43

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E43	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)

#AE9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.114 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba7b',
    500: '#b99e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e43;
$custom-light: #d1ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70575,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E43

secondary

#919DC7

accent

#70D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E43

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

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