#B99F34#B99F34

#B99F34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F34
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -2.05, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 56.55, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0112 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.126 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0272, 35.3603, 8.3337)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F34 #344EB9

analogous

#B95D34 #B99F34 #91B934

triadic

#B99F34 #34B99F #9F34B9

tetradic

#B99F34 #34B95D #344EB9 #B93491

square

#B99F34 #34B95D #344EB9 #B93491

split-complementary

#B99F34 #3491B9 #5D34B9

monochromatic

#594D19 #897627 #B99F34 #D1B95A #DECD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B99F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F34

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F34	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)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb72',
    500: '#b99f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f34;
$custom-light: #d2bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7065,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F34

secondary

#818FC8

accent

#66DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F34

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

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