#B99D31#B99D31

#B99D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D31
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -1.12, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 57.16, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0088 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.127 94)
XYZ	xyz(32.6207, 34.6518, 7.8754)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D31 #314DB9

analogous

#B95931 #B99D31 #91B931

triadic

#B99D31 #31B99D #9D31B9

tetradic

#B99D31 #31B959 #314DB9 #B93191

square

#B99D31 #31B959 #314DB9 #B93191

split-complementary

#B99D31 #3191B9 #5931B9

monochromatic

#584B17 #897424 #B99D31 #D2B855 #DFCC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B99D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D31

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D31	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)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b970',
    500: '#b99d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d31;
$custom-light: #d2b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70207,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.3465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D31

secondary

#7D8DC8

accent

#66E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D31

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

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