#B99D34#B99D34

#B99D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.125 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D34
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -0.98, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 55.99, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0081 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.125 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6861, 34.6780, 8.2200)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D34 #3450B9

analogous

#B95A34 #B99D34 #93B934

triadic

#B99D34 #34B99D #9D34B9

tetradic

#B99D34 #34B95A #3450B9 #B93493

square

#B99D34 #34B95A #3450B9 #B93493

split-complementary

#B99D34 #3493B9 #5A34B9

monochromatic

#594C19 #897427 #B99D34 #D1B85A #DECC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B99D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D34

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D34	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.125 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b972',
    500: '#b99d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d34;
$custom-light: #d2b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7023,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D34

secondary

#8190C8

accent

#68DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D34

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

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