#B99E36#B99E36

#B99E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E36
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -1.41, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 55.47, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0091 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.124 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9020, 35.0362, 8.5190)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E36 #3651B9

analogous

#B95D36 #B99E36 #93B936

triadic

#B99E36 #36B99E #9E36B9

tetradic

#B99E36 #36B95D #3651B9 #B93693

square

#B99E36 #36B95D #3651B9 #B93693

split-complementary

#B99E36 #3693B9 #5D36B9

monochromatic

#5A4D1A #8A7628 #B99E36 #D0B85D #DDCD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B99E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E36

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E36	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba73',
    500: '#b99e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e36;
$custom-light: #d2ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70456,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E36

secondary

#8391C8

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E36

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

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