#B99D37#B99D37

#B99D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D37
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -0.82, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 54.79, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0073 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.123 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7558, 34.7059, 8.5873)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D37 #3753B9

analogous

#B95C37 #B99D37 #94B937

triadic

#B99D37 #37B99D #9D37B9

tetradic

#B99D37 #37B95C #3753B9 #B93794

square

#B99D37 #37B95C #3753B9 #B93794

split-complementary

#B99D37 #3794B9 #5C37B9

monochromatic

#5B4D1B #8A7529 #B99D37 #CFB75E #DDCC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B99D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D37

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D37	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#AE9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b974',
    500: '#b99d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d37;
$custom-light: #d2b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70254,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D37

secondary

#8493C8

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D37

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

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