#B99A33#B99A33

#B99A33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.124 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A33
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 0.59, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 55.59, 89.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0037 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.124 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1625, 33.6664, 7.9356)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A33 #3352B9

analogous

#B95733 #B99A33 #95B933

triadic

#B99A33 #33B99A #9A33B9

tetradic

#B99A33 #33B957 #3352B9 #B93395

square

#B99A33 #33B957 #3352B9 #B93395

split-complementary

#B99A33 #3395B9 #5733B9

monochromatic

#594A19 #897226 #B99A33 #D1B558 #DECA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B99A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B99A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A33

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A33	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)

#AB9824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.124 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b771',
    500: '#b99a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a33;
$custom-light: #d2b771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69596,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A33

secondary

#8090C8

accent

#6BE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A33

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

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