#B99B31#B99B31

#B99B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B31
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -0.04, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 56.63, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0058 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.125 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2851, 33.9806, 7.7635)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B31 #314FB9

analogous

#B95731 #B99B31 #93B931

triadic

#B99B31 #31B99B #9B31B9

tetradic

#B99B31 #31B957 #314FB9 #B93193

square

#B99B31 #31B957 #314FB9 #B93193

split-complementary

#B99B31 #3193B9 #5731B9

monochromatic

#584A17 #897224 #B99B31 #D2B655 #DFCB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B99B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B31

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B31	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b870',
    500: '#b99b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b31;
$custom-light: #d2b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69789,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B31

secondary

#7D8EC8

accent

#69E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B31

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

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