#B99B30#B99B30

#B99B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B30
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -0.09, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 57.01, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.006 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.126 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2642, 33.9723, 7.6536)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B30 #304EB9

analogous

#B95630 #B99B30 #92B930

triadic

#B99B30 #30B99B #9B30B9

tetradic

#B99B30 #30B956 #304EB9 #B93092

square

#B99B30 #30B956 #304EB9 #B93092

split-complementary

#B99B30 #3092B9 #5630B9

monochromatic

#584A17 #887223 #B99B30 #D3B754 #DFCB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B99B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B30

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B30	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)

#AC981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b870',
    500: '#b99b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b30;
$custom-light: #d2b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69782,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B30

secondary

#7C8DC9

accent

#68E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B30

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

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