#B99D39#B99D39

#B99D39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.121 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99D39
RGB	rgb(185, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -0.71, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 53.96, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0067 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.121 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8047, 34.7255, 8.8449)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99D39 #3955B9

analogous

#B95D39 #B99D39 #95B939

triadic

#B99D39 #39B99D #9D39B9

tetradic

#B99D39 #39B95D #3955B9 #B93995

square

#B99D39 #39B95D #3955B9 #B93995

split-complementary

#B99D39 #3995B9 #5D39B9

monochromatic

#5B4E1C #8A752B #B99D39 #CEB661 #DDCC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B99D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B99D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99D39

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99D39	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)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.121 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b975',
    500: '#b99d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99d39;
$custom-light: #d2b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70271,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99D39

secondary

#8695C8

accent

#6BDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99D39

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

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