#B99A2D#B99A2D

#B99A2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A2D
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 0.31, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 57.88, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0052 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.127 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0386, 33.6169, 7.2833)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A2D #2D4CB9

analogous

#B9542D #B99A2D #92B92D

triadic

#B99A2D #2DB99A #9A2DB9

tetradic

#B99A2D #2DB954 #2D4CB9 #B92D92

square

#B99A2D #2DB954 #2D4CB9 #B92D92

split-complementary

#B99A2D #2D92B9 #542DB9

monochromatic

#574815 #887121 #B99A2D #D4B74F #E0CB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B99A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B99A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A2D

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A2D	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)

#AB981A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b76e',
    500: '#b99a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a2d;
$custom-light: #d2b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69552,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A2D

secondary

#798BC9

accent

#67E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A2D

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

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