#B99C32#B99C32

#B99C32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C32
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -0.54, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 56.51, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.007 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.125 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4735, 34.3234, 7.9316)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C32 #324FB9

analogous

#B95832 #B99C32 #92B932

triadic

#B99C32 #32B99C #9C32B9

tetradic

#B99C32 #32B958 #324FB9 #B93292

square

#B99C32 #32B958 #324FB9 #B93292

split-complementary

#B99C32 #3292B9 #5832B9

monochromatic

#594B18 #897325 #B99C32 #D2B757 #DFCC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#B99C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C32

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C32	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)

#AD9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b871',
    500: '#b99c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c32;
$custom-light: #d2b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70005,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C32

secondary

#7F8EC8

accent

#68E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C32

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

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