#B99A30#B99A30

#B99A30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A30
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 0.45, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 56.76, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0045 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.125 92)
XYZ	xyz(32.0985, 33.6408, 7.5984)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A30 #304FB9

analogous

#B95530 #B99A30 #93B930

triadic

#B99A30 #30B99A #9A30B9

tetradic

#B99A30 #30B955 #304FB9 #B93093

square

#B99A30 #30B955 #304FB9 #B93093

split-complementary

#B99A30 #3093B9 #5530B9

monochromatic

#584917 #887223 #B99A30 #D3B654 #DFCB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B99A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B99A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A30

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A30	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b770',
    500: '#b99a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a30;
$custom-light: #d2b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69573,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.33639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A30

secondary

#7C8EC9

accent

#69E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A30

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

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