#B99E35#B99E35

#B99E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.125 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E35
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -1.46, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 55.87, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0094 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.125 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8787, 35.0269, 8.3965)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E35 #3550B9

analogous

#B95C35 #B99E35 #92B935

triadic

#B99E35 #35B99E #9E35B9

tetradic

#B99E35 #35B95C #3550B9 #B93592

square

#B99E35 #35B95C #3550B9 #B93592

split-complementary

#B99E35 #3592B9 #5C35B9

monochromatic

#5A4D1A #897527 #B99E35 #D0B85B #DECD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B99E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E35

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E35	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)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.125 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba73',
    500: '#b99e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e35;
$custom-light: #d2ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70448,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E35

secondary

#8290C8

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E35

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

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