#B99C30#B99C30

#B99C30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C30
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -0.63, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 57.27, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0075 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.127 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4313, 34.3065, 7.7093)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C30 #304DB9

analogous

#B95730 #B99C30 #91B930

triadic

#B99C30 #30B99C #9C30B9

tetradic

#B99C30 #30B957 #304DB9 #B93091

square

#B99C30 #30B957 #304DB9 #B93091

split-complementary

#B99C30 #3091B9 #5730B9

monochromatic

#584A17 #887323 #B99C30 #D3B854 #DFCC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B99C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C30

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C30	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)

#AD991E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b870',
    500: '#b99c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c30;
$custom-light: #d2b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69991,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C30

secondary

#7C8CC9

accent

#67E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C30

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

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