#B99A37#B99A37

#B99A37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A37
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 0.80, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 53.98, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0026 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.121 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2545, 33.7032, 8.4202)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A37 #3756B9

analogous

#B95937 #B99A37 #97B937

triadic

#B99A37 #37B99A #9A37B9

tetradic

#B99A37 #37B959 #3756B9 #B93797

square

#B99A37 #37B959 #3756B9 #B93797

split-complementary

#B99A37 #3797B9 #5937B9

monochromatic

#5B4B1B #8A7329 #B99A37 #CFB45E #DDCA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B99A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B99A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A37

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A37	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)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b773',
    500: '#b99a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a37;
$custom-light: #d2b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69628,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A37

secondary

#8494C8

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A37

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

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