#B99D32#B99D32

#B99D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D32
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -1.08, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 56.77, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0086 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.126 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6420, 34.6604, 7.9878)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D32 #324EB9

analogous

#B95A32 #B99D32 #91B932

triadic

#B99D32 #32B99D #9D32B9

tetradic

#B99D32 #32B95A #324EB9 #B93291

square

#B99D32 #32B95A #324EB9 #B93291

split-complementary

#B99D32 #3291B9 #5A32B9

monochromatic

#594B18 #897425 #B99D32 #D2B857 #DFCC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B99D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D32

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D32	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b971',
    500: '#b99d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d32;
$custom-light: #d2b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70215,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D32

secondary

#7F8EC8

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D32

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

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