#B99F40#B99F40

#B99F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F40
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -1.38, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 51.55, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0078 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.117 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3327, 35.4825, 9.9426)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F40 #405AB9

analogous

#B96340 #B99F40 #97B940

triadic

#B99F40 #40B99F #9F40B9

tetradic

#B99F40 #40B963 #405AB9 #B94097

square

#B99F40 #40B963 #405AB9 #B94097

split-complementary

#B99F40 #4097B9 #6340B9

monochromatic

#5E5121 #8C7830 #B99F40 #CCB76B #DBCD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B99F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B99F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F40

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F40	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb79',
    500: '#b99f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f40;
$custom-light: #d1bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70755,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F40

secondary

#8E9AC7

accent

#6DD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F40

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

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