#B99F30#B99F30

#B99F30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.129 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F30
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -2.24, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 58.08, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0121 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.129 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9409, 35.3258, 7.8792)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F30 #304AB9

analogous

#B95A30 #B99F30 #8EB930

triadic

#B99F30 #30B99F #9F30B9

tetradic

#B99F30 #30B95A #304AB9 #B9308E

square

#B99F30 #30B95A #304AB9 #B9308E

split-complementary

#B99F30 #308EB9 #5A30B9

monochromatic

#584B17 #887523 #B99F30 #D3BA54 #DFCE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B99F30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F30

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F30	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#B09C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.129 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb70',
    500: '#b99f30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f30;
$custom-light: #d2bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7062,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F30

secondary

#7C8BC9

accent

#63E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F30

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

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