#B99B36#B99B36

#B99B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.122 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B36
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 0.20, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 54.65, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0045 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.122 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3965, 34.0252, 8.3505)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B36 #3654B9

analogous

#B95A36 #B99B36 #95B936

triadic

#B99B36 #36B99B #9B36B9

tetradic

#B99B36 #36B95A #3654B9 #B93695

square

#B99B36 #36B95A #3654B9 #B93695

split-complementary

#B99B36 #3695B9 #5A36B9

monochromatic

#5A4C1A #8A7328 #B99B36 #D0B55D #DDCB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B99B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B36

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B36	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.122 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b873',
    500: '#b99b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b36;
$custom-light: #d2b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69828,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B36

secondary

#8393C8

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B36

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

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