#B99E32#B99E32

#B99E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E32
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -1.61, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 57.05, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0101 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.127 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8119, 35.0001, 8.0444)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E32 #324DB9

analogous

#B95A32 #B99E32 #90B932

triadic

#B99E32 #32B99E #9E32B9

tetradic

#B99E32 #32B95A #324DB9 #B93290

square

#B99E32 #32B95A #324DB9 #B93290

split-complementary

#B99E32 #3290B9 #5A32B9

monochromatic

#594C18 #897525 #B99E32 #D2B957 #DFCD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B99E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B99E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E32

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E32	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba71',
    500: '#b99e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e32;
$custom-light: #d2ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70424,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E32

secondary

#7F8DC8

accent

#66E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E32

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

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