#B8993C#B8993C

#B8993C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.116 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8993C
RGB	rgb(184, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 67.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 1.18, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 51.46, 88.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0009 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.116 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9757, 33.3009, 9.0176)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8993C #3C5BB8

analogous

#B85B3C #B8993C #99B83C

triadic

#B8993C #3CB899 #993CB8

tetradic

#B8993C #3CB85B #3C5BB8 #B83C99

square

#B8993C #3CB85B #3C5BB8 #B83C99

split-complementary

#B8993C #3C99B8 #5B3CB8

monochromatic

#5C4C1E #8A732D #B8993C #CDB365 #DCC993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B8993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B8993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8993C

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8993C	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)

#A99731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.116 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b676',
    500: '#b8993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8993c;
$custom-light: #d1b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69364,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8993C

secondary

#8998C7

accent

#71DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8993C

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

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