#B99E46#B99E46

#B99E46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E46
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 62.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -0.45, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 48.56, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0044 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.112 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3415, 35.2120, 10.8336)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E46 #4661B9

analogous

#B96446 #B99E46 #9BB946

triadic

#B99E46 #46B99E #9E46B9

tetradic

#B99E46 #46B964 #4661B9 #B9469B

square

#B99E46 #46B964 #4661B9 #B9469B

split-complementary

#B99E46 #469BB9 #6446B9

monochromatic

#605224 #8D7835 #B99E46 #CAB572 #DBCD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B99E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B99E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E46

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E46	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)

#AE9C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba7d',
    500: '#b99e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e46;
$custom-light: #d1ba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E46

secondary

#94A0C7

accent

#71D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E46

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

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