#B99C34#B99C34

#B99C34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.124 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C34
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -0.44, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 55.72, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0065 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.124 93)
XYZ	xyz(32.5176, 34.3410, 8.1639)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C34 #3451B9

analogous

#B95A34 #B99C34 #94B934

triadic

#B99C34 #34B99C #9C34B9

tetradic

#B99C34 #34B95A #3451B9 #B93494

square

#B99C34 #34B95A #3451B9 #B93494

split-complementary

#B99C34 #3494B9 #5A34B9

monochromatic

#594B19 #897427 #B99C34 #D1B75A #DECC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B99C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C34

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C34	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)

#AD9925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.124 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b872',
    500: '#b99c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c34;
$custom-light: #d2b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70021,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.34339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C34

secondary

#8190C8

accent

#69DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C34

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

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