#B99F31#B99F31

#B99F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.128 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F31
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -2.20, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 57.71, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0119 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.128 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9618, 35.3341, 7.9891)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F31 #314BB9

analogous

#B95B31 #B99F31 #8FB931

triadic

#B99F31 #31B99F #9F31B9

tetradic

#B99F31 #31B95B #314BB9 #B9318F

square

#B99F31 #31B95B #314BB9 #B9318F

split-complementary

#B99F31 #318FB9 #5B31B9

monochromatic

#584C17 #897524 #B99F31 #D2BA55 #DFCE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B99F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F31

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F31	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.128 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb71',
    500: '#b99f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f31;
$custom-light: #d2bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70627,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F31

secondary

#7D8CC8

accent

#64E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F31

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

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