#B99E30#B99E30

#B99E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.128 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E30
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -1.71, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 57.81, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0106 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.128 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7697, 34.9832, 7.8221)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E30 #304BB9

analogous

#B95930 #B99E30 #8FB930

triadic

#B99E30 #30B99E #9E30B9

tetradic

#B99E30 #30B959 #304BB9 #B9308F

square

#B99E30 #30B959 #304BB9 #B9308F

split-complementary

#B99E30 #308FB9 #5930B9

monochromatic

#584B17 #887423 #B99E30 #D3BA54 #DFCD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B99E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B99E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E30

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E30	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.128 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba70',
    500: '#b99e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e30;
$custom-light: #d2ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7041,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E30

secondary

#7C8BC9

accent

#65E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E30

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

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