#B99F32#B99F32

#B99F32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F32
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -2.15, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 57.33, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0117 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.127 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9832, 35.3427, 8.1015)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F32 #324CB9

analogous

#B95B32 #B99F32 #8FB932

triadic

#B99F32 #32B99F #9F32B9

tetradic

#B99F32 #32B95B #324CB9 #B9328F

square

#B99F32 #32B95B #324CB9 #B9328F

split-complementary

#B99F32 #328FB9 #5B32B9

monochromatic

#594C18 #897625 #B99F32 #D2BA57 #DFCE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B99F32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F32

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F32	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb71',
    500: '#b99f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f32;
$custom-light: #d2bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70635,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F32

secondary

#7F8DC8

accent

#65E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F32

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

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