#B99F38#B99F38

#B99F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B99F38
RGB	rgb(185, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -1.84, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 54.94, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0101 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.123 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1212, 35.3979, 8.8285)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B99F38 #3852B9

analogous

#B95F38 #B99F38 #93B938

triadic

#B99F38 #38B99F #9F38B9

tetradic

#B99F38 #38B95F #3852B9 #B93893

square

#B99F38 #38B95F #3852B9 #B93893

split-complementary

#B99F38 #3893B9 #5F38B9

monochromatic

#5B4E1C #8A772A #B99F38 #CFB85F #DDCD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B99F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B99F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B99F38

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B99F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B99F38	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)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b99f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb74',
    500: '#b99f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b99f38;
$custom-light: #d2bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b99f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70682,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B99F38

secondary

#8593C8

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B99F38

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

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