#B99F36#B99F36

#B99F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F36
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -1.95, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 55.76, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0106 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.125 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0733, 35.3787, 8.5760)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F36 #3650B9

analogous

#B95E36 #B99F36 #92B936

triadic

#B99F36 #36B99F #9F36B9

tetradic

#B99F36 #36B95E #3650B9 #B93692

square

#B99F36 #36B95E #3650B9 #B93692

split-complementary

#B99F36 #3692B9 #5E36B9

monochromatic

#5A4E1A #8A7628 #B99F36 #D0B95D #DDCD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B99F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F36

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F36	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb73',
    500: '#b99f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f36;
$custom-light: #d2bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70666,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F36

secondary

#8391C8

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F36

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

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