#B99F37#B99F37

#B99F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F37
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -1.90, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 55.35, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0104 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.124 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0970, 35.3882, 8.7010)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F37 #3751B9

analogous

#B95E37 #B99F37 #92B937

triadic

#B99F37 #37B99F #9F37B9

tetradic

#B99F37 #37B95E #3751B9 #B93792

square

#B99F37 #37B95E #3751B9 #B93792

split-complementary

#B99F37 #3792B9 #5E37B9

monochromatic

#5B4E1B #8A7629 #B99F37 #CFB95E #DDCD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B99F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F37

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F37	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)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb74',
    500: '#b99f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f37;
$custom-light: #d2bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70674,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F37

secondary

#8492C8

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F37

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

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