#B99D2D#B99D2D

#B99D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.129 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D2D
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -1.30, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 58.64, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0098 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.129 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5400, 34.6196, 7.4504)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D2D #2D49B9

analogous

#B9572D #B99D2D #8FB92D

triadic

#B99D2D #2DB99D #9D2DB9

tetradic

#B99D2D #2DB957 #2D49B9 #B92D8F

square

#B99D2D #2DB957 #2D49B9 #B92D8F

split-complementary

#B99D2D #2D8FB9 #572DB9

monochromatic

#574915 #887321 #B99D2D #D4BA4F #E0CD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B99D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D2D

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D2D	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b96e',
    500: '#b99d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d2d;
$custom-light: #d2b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70179,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D2D

secondary

#7989C9

accent

#64E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D2D

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

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