#B99D2E#B99D2E

#B99D2E 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 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D2E
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -1.26, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 58.28, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0095 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.129 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5595, 34.6273, 7.5530)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D2E #2E4AB9

analogous

#B9582E #B99D2E #8FB92E

triadic

#B99D2E #2EB99D #9D2EB9

tetradic

#B99D2E #2EB958 #2E4AB9 #B92E8F

square

#B99D2E #2EB958 #2E4AB9 #B92E8F

split-complementary

#B99D2E #2E8FB9 #582EB9

monochromatic

#574A16 #887322 #B99D2E #D4B951 #E0CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B99D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D2E

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D2E	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b96f',
    500: '#b99d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d2e;
$custom-light: #d2b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70186,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D2E

secondary

#7A8AC9

accent

#64E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D2E

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

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