#B99C31#B99C31

#B99C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C31
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -0.58, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 56.89, 90.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0073 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.126 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4522, 34.3148, 7.8193)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C31 #314EB9

analogous

#B95831 #B99C31 #92B931

triadic

#B99C31 #31B99C #9C31B9

tetradic

#B99C31 #31B958 #314EB9 #B93192

square

#B99C31 #31B958 #314EB9 #B93192

split-complementary

#B99C31 #3192B9 #5831B9

monochromatic

#584A17 #897324 #B99C31 #D2B755 #DFCC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B99C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C31

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C31	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b870',
    500: '#b99c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c31;
$custom-light: #d2b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69998,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C31

secondary

#7D8DC8

accent

#67E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C31

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

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