#B99F3E#B99F3E

#B99F3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F3E
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -1.50, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 52.42, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0084 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.119 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2768, 35.4601, 9.6482)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F3E #3E58B9

analogous

#B9613E #B99F3E #95B93E

triadic

#B99F3E #3EB99F #9F3EB9

tetradic

#B99F3E #3EB961 #3E58B9 #B93E95

square

#B99F3E #3EB961 #3E58B9 #B93E95

split-complementary

#B99F3E #3E95B9 #613EB9

monochromatic

#5D501F #8B782F #B99F3E #CCB768 #DCCD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B99F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F3E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F3E	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)

#AF9C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb78',
    500: '#b99f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f3e;
$custom-light: #d1bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70735,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F3E

secondary

#8C98C7

accent

#6CD94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F3E

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

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