#B99938#B99938

#B99938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99938
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 1.39, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 53.31, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0008 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.12 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1144, 33.3842, 8.4929)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99938 #3858B9

analogous

#B95838 #B99938 #99B938

triadic

#B99938 #38B999 #9938B9

tetradic

#B99938 #38B958 #3858B9 #B93899

square

#B99938 #38B958 #3858B9 #B93899

split-complementary

#B99938 #3899B9 #5838B9

monochromatic

#5B4B1C #8A722A #B99938 #CFB35F #DDC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B99938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B99938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99938

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99938	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b674',
    500: '#b99938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99938;
$custom-light: #d2b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69429,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99938

secondary

#8596C8

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99938

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

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