#B99F3A#B99F3A

#B99F3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.122 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F3A
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -1.73, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 54.12, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0095 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.122 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1711, 35.4178, 9.0913)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F3A #3A54B9

analogous

#B9603A #B99F3A #93B93A

triadic

#B99F3A #3AB99F #9F3AB9

tetradic

#B99F3A #3AB960 #3A54B9 #B93A93

square

#B99F3A #3AB960 #3A54B9 #B93A93

split-complementary

#B99F3A #3A93B9 #603AB9

monochromatic

#5C4F1D #8A772B #B99F3A #CEB862 #DCCD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B99F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F3A

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F3A	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.122 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb76',
    500: '#b99f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f3a;
$custom-light: #d2bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70699,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F3A

secondary

#8794C7

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F3A

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

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