#B99F46#B99F46

#B99F46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.112 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F46
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 62.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -0.98, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 48.86, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0059 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.112 93)
XYZ	xyz(33.5127, 35.5545, 10.8907)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F46 #4660B9

analogous

#B96646 #B99F46 #99B946

triadic

#B99F46 #46B99F #9F46B9

tetradic

#B99F46 #46B966 #4660B9 #B94699

square

#B99F46 #46B966 #4660B9 #B94699

split-complementary

#B99F46 #4699B9 #6646B9

monochromatic

#605324 #8D7935 #B99F46 #CAB672 #DBCD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B99F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B99F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F46

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F46	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.112 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb7d',
    500: '#b99f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f46;
$custom-light: #d1bb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70816,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.35553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F46

secondary

#949FC7

accent

#70D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F46

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

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