#B5992B#B5992B

#B5992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5992B
RGB	rgb(181, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -1.01, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 57.85, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0089 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.127 94)
XYZ	xyz(30.8850, 32.7824, 6.9859)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5992B #2B47B5

analogous

#B5542B #B5992B #8CB52B

triadic

#B5992B #2BB599 #992BB5

tetradic

#B5992B #2BB554 #2B47B5 #B52B8C

square

#B5992B #2BB554 #2B47B5 #B52B8C

split-complementary

#B5992B #2B8CB5 #542BB5

monochromatic

#524514 #846F1F #B5992B #D4B849 #E0CB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B5992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#B5992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5992B

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5992B	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C48C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb66d',
    500: '#b5992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5992b;
$custom-light: #cfb66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68925,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.32781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5992B

secondary

#7485C8

accent

#64E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5992B

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

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