#B99B38#B99B38

#B99B38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99B38
RGB	rgb(185, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 0.31, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 53.83, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0039 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.121 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4444, 34.0444, 8.6029)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99B38 #3856B9

analogous

#B95B38 #B99B38 #96B938

triadic

#B99B38 #38B99B #9B38B9

tetradic

#B99B38 #38B95B #3856B9 #B93896

square

#B99B38 #38B95B #3856B9 #B93896

split-complementary

#B99B38 #3896B9 #5B38B9

monochromatic

#5B4C1C #8A742A #B99B38 #CFB55F #DDCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B99B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B99B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99B38

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99B38	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)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b874',
    500: '#b99b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99b38;
$custom-light: #d2b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69845,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99B38

secondary

#8595C8

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99B38

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

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