#B99F3D#B99F3D

#B99F3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.120 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F3D
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -1.56, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 52.85, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0087 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.12 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2496, 35.4492, 9.5050)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F3D #3D57B9

analogous

#B9613D #B99F3D #95B93D

triadic

#B99F3D #3DB99F #9F3DB9

tetradic

#B99F3D #3DB961 #3D57B9 #B93D95

square

#B99F3D #3DB961 #3D57B9 #B93D95

split-complementary

#B99F3D #3D95B9 #613DB9

monochromatic

#5D501F #8B772E #B99F3D #CDB766 #DCCD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B99F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F3D

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F3D	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.120 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb77',
    500: '#b99f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f3d;
$custom-light: #d1bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70726,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F3D

secondary

#8B97C7

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F3D

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

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