#B99F48#B99F48

#B99F48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F48
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -0.84, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 47.94, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0053 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.111 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5769, 35.5802, 11.2287)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F48 #4862B9

analogous

#B96748 #B99F48 #9AB948

triadic

#B99F48 #48B99F #9F48B9

tetradic

#B99F48 #48B967 #4862B9 #B9489A

square

#B99F48 #48B967 #4862B9 #B9489A

split-complementary

#B99F48 #489AB9 #6748B9

monochromatic

#615425 #8E7A36 #B99F48 #CAB674 #DBCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B99F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B99F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F48

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F48	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb7e',
    500: '#b99f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f48;
$custom-light: #d1bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F48

secondary

#95A1C8

accent

#71D453

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F48

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

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