#B99A36#B99A36

#B99A36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A36
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 0.74, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 54.39, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0029 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.122 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2308, 33.6937, 8.2952)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A36 #3655B9

analogous

#B95936 #B99A36 #96B936

triadic

#B99A36 #36B99A #9A36B9

tetradic

#B99A36 #36B959 #3655B9 #B93696

square

#B99A36 #36B959 #3655B9 #B93696

split-complementary

#B99A36 #3696B9 #5936B9

monochromatic

#5A4B1A #8A7328 #B99A36 #D0B45D #DDCA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B99A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B99A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A36

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A36	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)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b773',
    500: '#b99a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a36;
$custom-light: #d2b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6962,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A36

secondary

#8393C8

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A36

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

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