#B99C39#B99C39

#B99C39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.121 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99C39
RGB	rgb(185, 156, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -0.17, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 53.69, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0052 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.121 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6363, 34.3885, 8.7887)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99C39 #3956B9

analogous

#B95C39 #B99C39 #96B939

triadic

#B99C39 #39B99C #9C39B9

tetradic

#B99C39 #39B95C #3956B9 #B93996

square

#B99C39 #39B95C #3956B9 #B93996

split-complementary

#B99C39 #3996B9 #5C39B9

monochromatic

#5B4D1C #8A752B #B99C39 #CEB661 #DDCB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B99C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B99C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99C39

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99C39	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 156, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.121 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b875',
    500: '#b99c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99c39;
$custom-light: #d2b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70062,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99C39

secondary

#8695C8

accent

#6CDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99C39

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

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