#B99F4D#B99F4D

#B99F4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.106 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F4D
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 58.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -0.47, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 45.60, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0036 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.106 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7467, 35.6481, 12.1230)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F4D #4D67B9

analogous

#B9694D #B99F4D #9DB94D

triadic

#B99F4D #4DB99F #9F4DB9

tetradic

#B99F4D #4DB969 #4D67B9 #B94D9D

square

#B99F4D #4DB969 #4D67B9 #B94D9D

split-complementary

#B99F4D #4D9DB9 #694DB9

monochromatic

#645627 #907B39 #B99F4D #CAB779 #DCCEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B99F4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B99F4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F4D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F4D	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.106 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb81',
    500: '#b99f4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f4d;
$custom-light: #d1bb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70896,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F4D

secondary

#99A5C9

accent

#73D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F4D

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

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