#B99F33#B99F33

#B99F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F33
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -2.10, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 56.94, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0114 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.127 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0050, 35.3514, 8.2164)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F33 #334DB9

analogous

#B95C33 #B99F33 #90B933

triadic

#B99F33 #33B99F #9F33B9

tetradic

#B99F33 #33B95C #334DB9 #B93390

square

#B99F33 #33B95C #334DB9 #B93390

split-complementary

#B99F33 #3390B9 #5C33B9

monochromatic

#594D19 #897626 #B99F33 #D1BA58 #DECE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B99F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F33

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F33	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb72',
    500: '#b99f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f33;
$custom-light: #d2bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70642,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F33

secondary

#808EC8

accent

#65E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F33

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

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