#B99D35#B99D35

#B99D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D35
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -0.93, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 55.60, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0078 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.124 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7089, 34.6871, 8.3399)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D35 #3551B9

analogous

#B95B35 #B99D35 #93B935

triadic

#B99D35 #35B99D #9D35B9

tetradic

#B99D35 #35B95B #3551B9 #B93593

square

#B99D35 #35B95B #3551B9 #B93593

split-complementary

#B99D35 #3593B9 #5B35B9

monochromatic

#5A4C1A #897527 #B99D35 #D0B75B #DECC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B99D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D35

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D35	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)

#AE9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b973',
    500: '#b99d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d35;
$custom-light: #d2b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D35

secondary

#8291C8

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D35

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

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