#B99A38#B99A38

#B99A38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99A38
RGB	rgb(185, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 0.85, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 53.57, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0024 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.12 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2787, 33.7129, 8.5477)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99A38 #3857B9

analogous

#B95938 #B99A38 #98B938

triadic

#B99A38 #38B99A #9A38B9

tetradic

#B99A38 #38B959 #3857B9 #B93898

square

#B99A38 #38B959 #3857B9 #B93898

split-complementary

#B99A38 #3898B9 #5938B9

monochromatic

#5B4C1C #8A732A #B99A38 #CFB45F #DDCA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B99A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B99A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99A38

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99A38	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b774',
    500: '#b99a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99a38;
$custom-light: #d2b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69637,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99A38

secondary

#8595C8

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99A38

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

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