#B99F35#B99F35

#B99F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F35
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -2.00, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 56.15, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0109 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.125 95)
XYZ	xyz(33.0500, 35.3694, 8.4536)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F35 #354FB9

analogous

#B95D35 #B99F35 #91B935

triadic

#B99F35 #35B99F #9F35B9

tetradic

#B99F35 #35B95D #354FB9 #B93591

square

#B99F35 #35B95D #354FB9 #B93591

split-complementary

#B99F35 #3591B9 #5D35B9

monochromatic

#5A4D1A #897627 #B99F35 #D0B95B #DECD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B99F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F35

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F35	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)

#B09C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb73',
    500: '#b99f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f35;
$custom-light: #d2bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70658,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.35368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F35

secondary

#8290C8

accent

#67DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F35

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

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