#B99F3B#B99F3B

#B99F3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.121 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F3B
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -1.68, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 53.70, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0093 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.121 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1968, 35.4281, 9.2266)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F3B #3B55B9

analogous

#B9603B #B99F3B #94B93B

triadic

#B99F3B #3BB99F #9F3BB9

tetradic

#B99F3B #3BB960 #3B55B9 #B93B94

square

#B99F3B #3BB960 #3B55B9 #B93B94

split-complementary

#B99F3B #3B94B9 #603BB9

monochromatic

#5C4F1D #8B772C #B99F3B #CDB864 #DCCD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B99F3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F3B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F3B	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.121 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb76',
    500: '#b99f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f3b;
$custom-light: #d1bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70708,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F3B

secondary

#8895C7

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F3B

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

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