#B99B37#B99B37

#B99B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B37
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 0.26, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 54.24, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0042 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.121 92)
XYZ	xyz(32.4202, 34.0347, 8.4754)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B37 #3755B9

analogous

#B95A37 #B99B37 #96B937

triadic

#B99B37 #37B99B #9B37B9

tetradic

#B99B37 #37B95A #3755B9 #B93796

square

#B99B37 #37B95A #3755B9 #B93796

split-complementary

#B99B37 #3796B9 #5A37B9

monochromatic

#5B4C1B #8A7329 #B99B37 #CFB55E #DDCB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B99B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B37

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B37	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b874',
    500: '#b99b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b37;
$custom-light: #d2b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69837,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.34033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B37

secondary

#8494C8

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B37

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

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