#B99B2F#B99B2F

#B99B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.127 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B2F
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -0.14, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 57.39, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0062 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.127 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2438, 33.9641, 7.5462)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B2F #2F4DB9

analogous

#B9562F #B99B2F #92B92F

triadic

#B99B2F #2FB99B #9B2FB9

tetradic

#B99B2F #2FB956 #2F4DB9 #B92F92

square

#B99B2F #2FB956 #2F4DB9 #B92F92

split-complementary

#B99B2F #2F92B9 #562FB9

monochromatic

#574916 #887223 #B99B2F #D3B752 #DFCB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B99B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B2F

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B2F	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#AC981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.127 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b86f',
    500: '#b99b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b2f;
$custom-light: #d2b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69774,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B2F

secondary

#7B8CC9

accent

#67E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B2F

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

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