#B99C33#B99C33

#B99C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C33
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -0.49, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 56.12, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0068 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.125 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4953, 34.3321, 8.0465)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C33 #3350B9

analogous

#B95933 #B99C33 #93B933

triadic

#B99C33 #33B99C #9C33B9

tetradic

#B99C33 #33B959 #3350B9 #B93393

square

#B99C33 #33B959 #3350B9 #B93393

split-complementary

#B99C33 #3393B9 #5933B9

monochromatic

#594B19 #897426 #B99C33 #D1B758 #DECC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B99C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C33

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C33	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b871',
    500: '#b99c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c33;
$custom-light: #d2b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70013,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C33

secondary

#808FC8

accent

#69E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C33

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

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