#B99D36#B99D36

#B99D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.123 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D36
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -0.88, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 55.19, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0076 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.123 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7321, 34.6964, 8.4623)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D36 #3652B9

analogous

#B95C36 #B99D36 #94B936

triadic

#B99D36 #36B99D #9D36B9

tetradic

#B99D36 #36B95C #3652B9 #B93694

square

#B99D36 #36B95C #3652B9 #B93694

split-complementary

#B99D36 #3694B9 #5C36B9

monochromatic

#5A4D1A #8A7528 #B99D36 #D0B75D #DDCC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B99D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B99D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D36

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D36	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)

#AE9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.123 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b973',
    500: '#b99d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d36;
$custom-light: #d2b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70246,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D36

secondary

#8392C8

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D36

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

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