#B99E44#B99E44

#B99E44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.113 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E44
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -0.58, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 49.47, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.005 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.113 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2794, 35.1871, 10.5066)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E44 #445FB9

analogous

#B96444 #B99E44 #9AB944

triadic

#B99E44 #44B99E #9E44B9

tetradic

#B99E44 #44B964 #445FB9 #B9449A

square

#B99E44 #44B964 #445FB9 #B9449A

split-complementary

#B99E44 #449AB9 #6444B9

monochromatic

#5F5223 #8C7834 #B99E44 #CAB570 #DBCC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B99E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B99E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E44

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E44	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.113 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba7c',
    500: '#b99e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e44;
$custom-light: #d1ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70586,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E44

secondary

#929EC7

accent

#70D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E44

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

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