#B99830#B99830

#B99830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.124 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99830
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 1.53, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 56.26, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0014 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.124 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7711, 32.9861, 7.4893)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99830 #3051B9

analogous

#B95330 #B99830 #95B930

triadic

#B99830 #30B998 #9830B9

tetradic

#B99830 #30B953 #3051B9 #B93095

square

#B99830 #30B953 #3051B9 #B93095

split-complementary

#B99830 #3095B9 #5330B9

monochromatic

#584817 #887023 #B99830 #D3B454 #DFC984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B99830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B99830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99830

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99830	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.124 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b66f',
    500: '#b99830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99830;
$custom-light: #d2b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69157,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99830

secondary

#7C8FC9

accent

#6BE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99830

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

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