#B99E38#B99E38

#B99E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99E38
RGB	rgb(185, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -1.31, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 54.66, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0086 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.123 94)
XYZ	xyz(32.9499, 35.0553, 8.7714)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99E38 #3853B9

analogous

#B95E38 #B99E38 #94B938

triadic

#B99E38 #38B99E #9E38B9

tetradic

#B99E38 #38B95E #3853B9 #B93894

square

#B99E38 #38B95E #3853B9 #B93894

split-complementary

#B99E38 #3894B9 #5E38B9

monochromatic

#5B4E1C #8A762A #B99E38 #CFB75F #DDCD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B99E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B99E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99E38

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99E38	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba74',
    500: '#b99e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99e38;
$custom-light: #d2ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70472,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.35054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99E38

secondary

#8593C8

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99E38

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

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