#B99E45#B99E45

#B99E45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.113 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E45
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -0.51, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 49.01, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0047 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.113 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3102, 35.1994, 10.6687)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E45 #4560B9

analogous

#B96445 #B99E45 #9AB945

triadic

#B99E45 #45B99E #9E45B9

tetradic

#B99E45 #45B964 #4560B9 #B9459A

square

#B99E45 #45B964 #4560B9 #B9459A

split-complementary

#B99E45 #459AB9 #6445B9

monochromatic

#605224 #8C7834 #B99E45 #CAB571 #DBCD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B99E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B99E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E45

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E45	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)

#AE9C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.113 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba7c',
    500: '#b99e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e45;
$custom-light: #d1ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70596,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E45

secondary

#939FC7

accent

#71D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E45

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

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