#B99A31#B99A31

#B99A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A31
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 0.49, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 56.37, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0042 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.125 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1193, 33.6492, 7.7083)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A31 #3150B9

analogous

#B95631 #B99A31 #94B931

triadic

#B99A31 #31B99A #9A31B9

tetradic

#B99A31 #31B956 #3150B9 #B93194

square

#B99A31 #31B956 #3150B9 #B93194

split-complementary

#B99A31 #3194B9 #5631B9

monochromatic

#584917 #897224 #B99A31 #D2B655 #DFCA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B99A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B99A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A31

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A31	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b770',
    500: '#b99a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a31;
$custom-light: #d2b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6958,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A31

secondary

#7D8FC8

accent

#6AE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A31

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

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