#B99F2D#B99F2D

#B99F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.130 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F2D
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -2.38, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 59.18, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0128 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.13 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8811, 35.3018, 7.5641)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F2D #2D47B9

analogous

#B9592D #B99F2D #8DB92D

triadic

#B99F2D #2DB99F #9F2DB9

tetradic

#B99F2D #2DB959 #2D47B9 #B92D8D

square

#B99F2D #2DB959 #2D47B9 #B92D8D

split-complementary

#B99F2D #2D8DB9 #592DB9

monochromatic

#574A15 #887521 #B99F2D #D4BB4F #E0CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B99F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B99F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F2D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F2D	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.130 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb6f',
    500: '#b99f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f2d;
$custom-light: #d2bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.706,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F2D

secondary

#7988C9

accent

#62E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F2D

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

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