#B99E34#B99E34

#B99E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.125 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E34
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -1.51, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 56.27, 91.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0096 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.125 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8560, 35.0178, 8.2767)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E34 #344FB9

analogous

#B95C34 #B99E34 #92B934

triadic

#B99E34 #34B99E #9E34B9

tetradic

#B99E34 #34B95C #344FB9 #B93492

square

#B99E34 #34B95C #344FB9 #B93492

split-complementary

#B99E34 #3492B9 #5C34B9

monochromatic

#594C19 #897527 #B99E34 #D1B85A #DECD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B99E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E34

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E34	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)

#AF9B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.125 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba72',
    500: '#b99e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e34;
$custom-light: #d2ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7044,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E34

secondary

#818FC8

accent

#67DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E34

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

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