#B99C35#B99C35

#B99C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C35
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -0.39, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 55.32, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0063 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.123 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5404, 34.3501, 8.2837)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C35 #3552B9

analogous

#B95A35 #B99C35 #94B935

triadic

#B99C35 #35B99C #9C35B9

tetradic

#B99C35 #35B95A #3552B9 #B93594

square

#B99C35 #35B95A #3552B9 #B93594

split-complementary

#B99C35 #3594B9 #5A35B9

monochromatic

#5A4C1A #897427 #B99C35 #D0B65B #DECB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B99C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C35

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C35	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)

#AD9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b872',
    500: '#b99c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c35;
$custom-light: #d2b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70029,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C35

secondary

#8291C8

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C35

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

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