#B99A2C#B99A2C

#B99A2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.128 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A2C
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 0.27, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 58.24, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0054 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.128 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0196, 33.6093, 7.1831)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A2C #2C4BB9

analogous

#B9542C #B99A2C #91B92C

triadic

#B99A2C #2CB99A #9A2CB9

tetradic

#B99A2C #2CB954 #2C4BB9 #B92C91

square

#B99A2C #2CB954 #2C4BB9 #B92C91

split-complementary

#B99A2C #2C91B9 #542CB9

monochromatic

#564814 #887120 #B99A2C #D5B74D #E1CB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B99A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B99A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A2C

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A2C	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.128 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b76d',
    500: '#b99a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a2c;
$custom-light: #d2b76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69545,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A2C

secondary

#788AC9

accent

#67E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A2C

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

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