#B4992E#B4992E

#B4992E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.125 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4992E
RGB	rgb(180, 153, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -1.33, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 56.62, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0095 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.125 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7084, 32.6848, 7.2756)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4992E #2E49B4

analogous

#B4562E #B4992E #8CB42E

triadic

#B4992E #2EB499 #992EB4

tetradic

#B4992E #2EB456 #2E49B4 #B42E8C

square

#B4992E #2EB456 #2E49B4 #B42E8C

split-complementary

#B4992E #2E8CB4 #562EB4

monochromatic

#534615 #837022 #B4992E #D2B74E #DECB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B4992E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#B4992E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4992E

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4992E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4992E	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4992e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 153, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.125 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb66e',
    500: '#b4992e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4992e;
$custom-light: #ceb66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4992e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68845,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4992E

secondary

#7787C7

accent

#65E245

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4992E

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

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