#B99D33#B99D33

#B99D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.125 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D33
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -1.03, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 56.39, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0083 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.125 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6638, 34.6691, 8.1027)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D33 #334FB9

analogous

#B95A33 #B99D33 #92B933

triadic

#B99D33 #33B99D #9D33B9

tetradic

#B99D33 #33B95A #334FB9 #B93392

square

#B99D33 #33B95A #334FB9 #B93392

split-complementary

#B99D33 #3392B9 #5A33B9

monochromatic

#594C19 #897426 #B99D33 #D1B858 #DECC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B99D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D33

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.125 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b971',
    500: '#b99d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d33;
$custom-light: #d2b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70222,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D33

secondary

#808FC8

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D33

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

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