#B99D38#B99D38

#B99D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.122 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D38
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -0.77, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 54.38, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.007 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.122 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7800, 34.7156, 8.7148)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D38 #3854B9

analogous

#B95D38 #B99D38 #94B938

triadic

#B99D38 #38B99D #9D38B9

tetradic

#B99D38 #38B95D #3854B9 #B93894

square

#B99D38 #38B95D #3854B9 #B93894

split-complementary

#B99D38 #3894B9 #5D38B9

monochromatic

#5B4D1C #8A752A #B99D38 #CFB75F #DDCC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B99D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D38

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D38	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)

#AE9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.122 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b974',
    500: '#b99d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d38;
$custom-light: #d2b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70263,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D38

secondary

#8594C8

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D38

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

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