#B99831#B99831

#B99831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.124 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99831
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, 1.58, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 55.88, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0011 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.124 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7920, 32.9945, 7.5992)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99831 #3152B9

analogous

#B95431 #B99831 #96B931

triadic

#B99831 #31B998 #9831B9

tetradic

#B99831 #31B954 #3152B9 #B93196

square

#B99831 #31B954 #3152B9 #B93196

split-complementary

#B99831 #3196B9 #5431B9

monochromatic

#584817 #897024 #B99831 #D2B455 #DFC986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B99831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B99831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99831

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99831	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)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.124 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b670',
    500: '#b99831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99831;
$custom-light: #d2b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69165,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99831

secondary

#7D90C8

accent

#6CE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99831

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

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