#B99F49#B99F49

#B99F49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F49
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -0.77, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 47.48, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0049 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.11 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6098, 35.5933, 11.4019)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F49 #4963B9

analogous

#B96749 #B99F49 #9BB949

triadic

#B99F49 #49B99F #9F49B9

tetradic

#B99F49 #49B967 #4963B9 #B9499B

square

#B99F49 #49B967 #4963B9 #B9499B

split-complementary

#B99F49 #499BB9 #6749B9

monochromatic

#625426 #8E7A37 #B99F49 #CAB675 #DBCEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B99F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B99F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F49

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F49	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)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb7f',
    500: '#b99f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f49;
$custom-light: #d1bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70849,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F49

secondary

#96A2C8

accent

#71D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F49

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

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