#B99E48#B99E48

#B99E48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E48
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -0.30, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 47.64, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0037 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.11 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4057, 35.2376, 11.1716)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E48 #4863B9

analogous

#B96648 #B99E48 #9BB948

triadic

#B99E48 #48B99E #9E48B9

tetradic

#B99E48 #48B966 #4863B9 #B9489B

square

#B99E48 #48B966 #4863B9 #B9489B

split-complementary

#B99E48 #489BB9 #6648B9

monochromatic

#615325 #8E7936 #B99E48 #CAB574 #DBCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B99E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B99E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E48

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E48	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba7e',
    500: '#b99e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e48;
$custom-light: #d1ba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.664,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70629,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E48

secondary

#95A1C8

accent

#72D453

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E48

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

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