#B99D3A#B99D3A

#B99D3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.121 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D3A
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -0.66, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 53.55, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0065 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.121 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8299, 34.7355, 8.9776)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D3A #3A56B9

analogous

#B95E3A #B99D3A #95B93A

triadic

#B99D3A #3AB99D #9D3AB9

tetradic

#B99D3A #3AB95E #3A56B9 #B93A95

square

#B99D3A #3AB95E #3A56B9 #B93A95

split-complementary

#B99D3A #3A95B9 #5E3AB9

monochromatic

#5C4E1D #8A752B #B99D3A #CEB662 #DCCC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B99D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D3A

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D3A	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.121 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b975',
    500: '#b99d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d3a;
$custom-light: #d2b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7028,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D3A

secondary

#8795C7

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D3A

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

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