#B99933#B99933

#B99933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.123 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99933
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 1.13, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 55.34, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0022 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.123 91)
XYZ	xyz(31.9981, 33.3377, 7.8808)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99933 #3353B9

analogous

#B95633 #B99933 #96B933

triadic

#B99933 #33B999 #9933B9

tetradic

#B99933 #33B956 #3353B9 #B93396

square

#B99933 #33B956 #3353B9 #B93396

split-complementary

#B99933 #3396B9 #5633B9

monochromatic

#594A19 #897126 #B99933 #D1B458 #DECA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B99933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B99933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99933

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99933	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.123 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b671',
    500: '#b99933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99933;
$custom-light: #d2b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69388,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.33336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99933

secondary

#8091C8

accent

#6CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99933

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

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