#B99F42#B99F42

#B99F42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.116 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F42
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -1.25, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 50.66, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0072 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.116 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3907, 35.5057, 10.2477)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F42 #425CB9

analogous

#B96442 #B99F42 #98B942

triadic

#B99F42 #42B99F #9F42B9

tetradic

#B99F42 #42B964 #425CB9 #B94298

square

#B99F42 #42B964 #425CB9 #B94298

split-complementary

#B99F42 #4298B9 #6442B9

monochromatic

#5F5122 #8C7832 #B99F42 #CBB76D #DBCD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B99F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B99F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F42

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F42	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)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.116 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb7a',
    500: '#b99f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f42;
$custom-light: #d1bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70774,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F42

secondary

#909CC7

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F42

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

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