#B99936#B99936

#B99936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.121 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99936
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 1.29, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 54.13, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0014 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.121 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0664, 33.3650, 8.2404)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99936 #3656B9

analogous

#B95836 #B99936 #97B936

triadic

#B99936 #36B999 #9936B9

tetradic

#B99936 #36B958 #3656B9 #B93697

square

#B99936 #36B958 #3656B9 #B93697

split-complementary

#B99936 #3697B9 #5836B9

monochromatic

#5A4B1A #8A7228 #B99936 #D0B45D #DDCA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B99936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B99936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99936

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99936	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)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.121 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b673',
    500: '#b99936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99936;
$custom-light: #d2b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69412,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99936

secondary

#8394C8

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99936

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

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