#B99B2D#B99B2D

#B99B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.128 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B2D
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -0.23, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 58.13, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0067 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.128 93)
XYZ	xyz(32.2044, 33.9483, 7.3386)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B2D #2D4BB9

analogous

#B9552D #B99B2D #91B92D

triadic

#B99B2D #2DB99B #9B2DB9

tetradic

#B99B2D #2DB955 #2D4BB9 #B92D91

square

#B99B2D #2DB955 #2D4BB9 #B92D91

split-complementary

#B99B2D #2D91B9 #552DB9

monochromatic

#574915 #887221 #B99B2D #D4B84F #E0CC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B99B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B99B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B2D

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B2D	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.128 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b86e',
    500: '#b99b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b2d;
$custom-light: #d2b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69761,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.33946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B2D

secondary

#798AC9

accent

#66E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B2D

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

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