#B99F3F#B99F3F

#B99F3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F3F
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -1.44, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 51.98, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0081 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.118 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3045, 35.4712, 9.7941)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F3F #3F59B9

analogous

#B9623F #B99F3F #96B93F

triadic

#B99F3F #3FB99F #9F3FB9

tetradic

#B99F3F #3FB962 #3F59B9 #B93F96

square

#B99F3F #3FB962 #3F59B9 #B93F96

split-complementary

#B99F3F #3F96B9 #623FB9

monochromatic

#5E5120 #8B782F #B99F3F #CCB769 #DCCD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B99F3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B99F3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F3F

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F3F	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#AF9C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb79',
    500: '#b99f3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f3f;
$custom-light: #d1bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70745,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F3F

secondary

#8D99C7

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F3F

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

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