#B99A34#B99A34

#B99A34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.123 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A34
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 0.64, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 55.20, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0034 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.123 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1848, 33.6753, 8.0529)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A34 #3453B9

analogous

#B95834 #B99A34 #96B934

triadic

#B99A34 #34B99A #9A34B9

tetradic

#B99A34 #34B958 #3453B9 #B93496

square

#B99A34 #34B958 #3453B9 #B93496

split-complementary

#B99A34 #3496B9 #5834B9

monochromatic

#594A19 #897227 #B99A34 #D1B55A #DECA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B99A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#B99A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A34

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A34	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)

#AB9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.123 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b772',
    500: '#b99a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a34;
$custom-light: #d2b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69604,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A34

secondary

#8191C8

accent

#6CDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A34

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

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