#B99C2D#B99C2D

#B99C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C2D
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -0.76, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 58.38, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0082 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.128 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3715, 34.2826, 7.3943)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C2D #2D4AB9

analogous

#B9562D #B99C2D #90B92D

triadic

#B99C2D #2DB99C #9C2DB9

tetradic

#B99C2D #2DB956 #2D4AB9 #B92D90

square

#B99C2D #2DB956 #2D4AB9 #B92D90

split-complementary

#B99C2D #2D90B9 #562DB9

monochromatic

#574915 #887221 #B99C2D #D4B94F #E0CC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B99C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C2D

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C2D	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b86e',
    500: '#b99c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c2d;
$custom-light: #d2b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6997,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C2D

secondary

#7989C9

accent

#65E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C2D

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

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