#B99A2E#B99A2E

#B99A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A2E
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 0.36, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 57.51, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0049 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.127 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0581, 33.6247, 7.3859)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A2E #2E4DB9

analogous

#B9552E #B99A2E #92B92E

triadic

#B99A2E #2EB99A #9A2EB9

tetradic

#B99A2E #2EB955 #2E4DB9 #B92E92

square

#B99A2E #2EB955 #2E4DB9 #B92E92

split-complementary

#B99A2E #2E92B9 #552EB9

monochromatic

#574816 #887122 #B99A2E #D4B651 #E0CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B99A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B99A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A2E

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A2E	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)

#AB981C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b76f',
    500: '#b99a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a2e;
$custom-light: #d2b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69559,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A2E

secondary

#7A8CC9

accent

#68E344

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A2E

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

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