#B99E33#B99E33

#B99E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.126 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E33
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -1.56, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 56.66, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0099 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.126 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8337, 35.0088, 8.1593)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E33 #334EB9

analogous

#B95B33 #B99E33 #91B933

triadic

#B99E33 #33B99E #9E33B9

tetradic

#B99E33 #33B95B #334EB9 #B93391

square

#B99E33 #33B95B #334EB9 #B93391

split-complementary

#B99E33 #3391B9 #5B33B9

monochromatic

#594C19 #897526 #B99E33 #D1B958 #DECD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B99E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E33

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E33	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#AF9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.126 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba72',
    500: '#b99e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e33;
$custom-light: #d2ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70432,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E33

secondary

#808EC8

accent

#66E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E33

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

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