#B99E37#B99E37

#B99E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E37
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -1.36, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 55.07, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0088 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.123 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9257, 35.0456, 8.6439)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E37 #3752B9

analogous

#B95D37 #B99E37 #93B937

triadic

#B99E37 #37B99E #9E37B9

tetradic

#B99E37 #37B95D #3752B9 #B93793

square

#B99E37 #37B95D #3752B9 #B93793

split-complementary

#B99E37 #3793B9 #5D37B9

monochromatic

#5B4D1B #8A7629 #B99E37 #CFB85E #DDCD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B99E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E37

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E37	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)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba74',
    500: '#b99e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e37;
$custom-light: #d2ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70464,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E37

secondary

#8492C8

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E37

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

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