#B99835#B99835

#B99835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.121 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99835
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 1.78, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 54.29, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0001 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.121 90)
XYZ	xyz(31.8802, 33.0297, 8.0637)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99835 #3556B9

analogous

#B95635 #B99835 #98B935

triadic

#B99835 #35B998 #9835B9

tetradic

#B99835 #35B956 #3556B9 #B93598

square

#B99835 #35B956 #3556B9 #B93598

split-complementary

#B99835 #3598B9 #5635B9

monochromatic

#5A4A1A #897127 #B99835 #D0B35B #DEC98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B99835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B99835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99835

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99835	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.121 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b672',
    500: '#b99835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99835;
$custom-light: #d2b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69197,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.33028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99835

secondary

#8293C8

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99835

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

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