#B99F43#B99F43

#B99F43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F43
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 63.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -1.19, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 50.22, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0069 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.115 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4204, 35.5175, 10.4043)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F43 #435DB9

analogous

#B96443 #B99F43 #98B943

triadic

#B99F43 #43B99F #9F43B9

tetradic

#B99F43 #43B964 #435DB9 #B94398

square

#B99F43 #43B964 #435DB9 #B94398

split-complementary

#B99F43 #4398B9 #6443B9

monochromatic

#5F5222 #8C7833 #B99F43 #CBB66F #DBCD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B99F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B99F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F43

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F43	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)

#AF9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb7b',
    500: '#b99f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f43;
$custom-light: #d1bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70785,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F43

secondary

#919DC7

accent

#6FD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F43

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

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