#B99B33#B99B33

#B99B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.124 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B33
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 0.05, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 55.85, 89.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0053 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.124 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3282, 33.9979, 7.9908)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B33 #3351B9

analogous

#B95833 #B99B33 #94B933

triadic

#B99B33 #33B99B #9B33B9

tetradic

#B99B33 #33B958 #3351B9 #B93394

square

#B99B33 #33B958 #3351B9 #B93394

split-complementary

#B99B33 #3394B9 #5833B9

monochromatic

#594B19 #897326 #B99B33 #D1B658 #DECB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B99B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B33

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B33	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)

#AC9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.124 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b871',
    500: '#b99b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b33;
$custom-light: #d2b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69804,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B33

secondary

#8090C8

accent

#6AE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B33

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

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