#B99F3C#B99F3C

#B99F3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.120 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F3C
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -1.62, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 53.27, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.009 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.12 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2230, 35.4386, 9.3645)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F3C #3C56B9

analogous

#B9603C #B99F3C #94B93C

triadic

#B99F3C #3CB99F #9F3CB9

tetradic

#B99F3C #3CB960 #3C56B9 #B93C94

square

#B99F3C #3CB960 #3C56B9 #B93C94

split-complementary

#B99F3C #3C94B9 #603CB9

monochromatic

#5D501E #8B772D #B99F3C #CDB765 #DCCD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B99F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F3C

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F3C	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)

#AF9C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.120 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb77',
    500: '#b99f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f3c;
$custom-light: #d1bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70717,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F3C

secondary

#8996C7

accent

#6BDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F3C

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

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