#B99E2F#B99E2F

#B99E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E2F
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -1.75, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 58.18, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0108 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.129 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7493, 34.9751, 7.7147)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E2F #2F4AB9

analogous

#B9592F #B99E2F #8FB92F

triadic

#B99E2F #2FB99E #9E2FB9

tetradic

#B99E2F #2FB959 #2F4AB9 #B92F8F

square

#B99E2F #2FB959 #2F4AB9 #B92F8F

split-complementary

#B99E2F #2F8FB9 #592FB9

monochromatic

#574B16 #887423 #B99E2F #D3BA52 #DFCD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B99E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B99E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E2F

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E2F	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)

#AF9B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba6f',
    500: '#b99e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e2f;
$custom-light: #d2ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70403,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E2F

secondary

#7B8AC9

accent

#64E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E2F

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

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