#B99F4E#B99F4E

#B99F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.105 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F4E
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 57.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -0.40, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 45.12, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0032 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.105 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7823, 35.6623, 12.3103)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F4E #4E68B9

analogous

#B96A4E #B99F4E #9EB94E

triadic

#B99F4E #4EB99F #9F4EB9

tetradic

#B99F4E #4EB96A #4E68B9 #B94E9E

square

#B99F4E #4EB96A #4E68B9 #B94E9E

split-complementary

#B99F4E #4E9EB9 #6A4EB9

monochromatic

#655628 #917B39 #B99F4E #CAB77A #DCCFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B99F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B99F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F4E

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F4E	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)

#AE9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.105 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb82',
    500: '#b99f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f4e;
$custom-light: #d1bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70908,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F4E

secondary

#9AA5C9

accent

#73D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F4E

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

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