#B8993B#B8993B

#B8993B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8993B
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 1.12, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 51.89, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0012 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.117 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9495, 33.2904, 8.8797)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8993B #3B5AB8

analogous

#B85B3B #B8993B #98B83B

triadic

#B8993B #3BB899 #993BB8

tetradic

#B8993B #3BB85B #3B5AB8 #B83B98

square

#B8993B #3BB85B #3B5AB8 #B83B98

split-complementary

#B8993B #3B98B8 #5B3BB8

monochromatic

#5B4C1D #8A722C #B8993B #CDB363 #DCC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B8993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B8993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8993B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8993B	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b676',
    500: '#b8993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8993b;
$custom-light: #d1b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69355,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8993B

secondary

#8898C7

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8993B

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

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