#B99E49#B99E49

#B99E49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E49
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -0.23, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 47.17, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0034 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.109 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4385, 35.2508, 11.3448)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E49 #4964B9

analogous

#B96649 #B99E49 #9CB949

triadic

#B99E49 #49B99E #9E49B9

tetradic

#B99E49 #49B966 #4964B9 #B9499C

square

#B99E49 #49B966 #4964B9 #B9499C

split-complementary

#B99E49 #499CB9 #6649B9

monochromatic

#625326 #8E7937 #B99E49 #CAB675 #DBCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B99E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B99E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E49

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E49	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)

#AD9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba7f',
    500: '#b99e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e49;
$custom-light: #d1ba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70641,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E49

secondary

#96A2C8

accent

#73D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E49

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

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