#B99D2F#B99D2F

#B99D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.128 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D2F
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -1.21, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 57.91, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0093 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.128 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5794, 34.6353, 7.6580)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D2F #2F4BB9

analogous

#B9582F #B99D2F #90B92F

triadic

#B99D2F #2FB99D #9D2FB9

tetradic

#B99D2F #2FB958 #2F4BB9 #B92F90

square

#B99D2F #2FB958 #2F4BB9 #B92F90

split-complementary

#B99D2F #2F90B9 #582FB9

monochromatic

#574A16 #887423 #B99D2F #D3B952 #DFCD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B99D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D2F

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D2F	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)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.128 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b96f',
    500: '#b99d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d2f;
$custom-light: #d2b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70193,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D2F

secondary

#7B8BC9

accent

#65E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D2F

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

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