#B99D30#B99D30

#B99D30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D30
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -1.17, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 57.54, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0091 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.127 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5998, 34.6435, 7.7655)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D30 #304CB9

analogous

#B95830 #B99D30 #90B930

triadic

#B99D30 #30B99D #9D30B9

tetradic

#B99D30 #30B958 #304CB9 #B93090

square

#B99D30 #30B958 #304CB9 #B93090

split-complementary

#B99D30 #3090B9 #5830B9

monochromatic

#584B17 #887423 #B99D30 #D3B954 #DFCD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B99D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D30

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D30	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)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b970',
    500: '#b99d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d30;
$custom-light: #d2b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.702,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D30

secondary

#7C8CC9

accent

#66E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D30

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

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