#B99A35#B99A35

#B99A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A35
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 0.69, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 54.80, 89.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0032 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.122 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2075, 33.6844, 8.1728)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A35 #3554B9

analogous

#B95835 #B99A35 #96B935

triadic

#B99A35 #35B99A #9A35B9

tetradic

#B99A35 #35B958 #3554B9 #B93596

square

#B99A35 #35B958 #3554B9 #B93596

split-complementary

#B99A35 #3596B9 #5835B9

monochromatic

#5A4B1A #897227 #B99A35 #D0B55B #DECA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B99A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B99A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A35

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A35	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b772',
    500: '#b99a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a35;
$custom-light: #d2b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69612,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A35

secondary

#8292C8

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A35

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

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