#B99E2D#B99E2D

#B99E2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.130 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E2D
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -1.84, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 58.91, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0113 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.13 95)
XYZ	xyz(32.7099, 34.9593, 7.5070)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E2D #2D48B9

analogous

#B9582D #B99E2D #8EB92D

triadic

#B99E2D #2DB99E #9E2DB9

tetradic

#B99E2D #2DB958 #2D48B9 #B92D8E

square

#B99E2D #2DB958 #2D48B9 #B92D8E

split-complementary

#B99E2D #2D8EB9 #582DB9

monochromatic

#574A15 #887421 #B99E2D #D4BB4F #E0CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B99E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B99E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E2D

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E2D	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.130 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba6e',
    500: '#b99e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e2d;
$custom-light: #d2ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70389,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.34957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E2D

secondary

#7988C9

accent

#63E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E2D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →