#B99B35#B99B35

#B99B35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B35
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 0.15, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 55.06, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0047 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.123 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3733, 34.0159, 8.2280)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B35 #3553B9

analogous

#B95935 #B99B35 #95B935

triadic

#B99B35 #35B99B #9B35B9

tetradic

#B99B35 #35B959 #3553B9 #B93595

square

#B99B35 #35B959 #3553B9 #B93595

split-complementary

#B99B35 #3595B9 #5935B9

monochromatic

#5A4B1A #897327 #B99B35 #D0B55B #DECB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B99B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B35

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B35	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)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b872',
    500: '#b99b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b35;
$custom-light: #d2b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6982,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B35

secondary

#8292C8

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B35

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

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