#B9962A#B9962A

#B9962A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.127 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9962A
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 2.36, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 58.02, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% 0.0003 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.127 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3337, 32.2962, 6.7735)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9962A #2A4DB9

analogous

#B94F2A #B9962A #95B92A

triadic

#B9962A #2AB996 #962AB9

tetradic

#B9962A #2AB94F #2A4DB9 #B92A95

square

#B9962A #2AB94F #2A4DB9 #B92A95

split-complementary

#B9962A #2A95B9 #4F2AB9

monochromatic

#554513 #876E1F #B9962A #D6B44A #E1C97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B9962A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B9962A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9962A

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9962A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9962A	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9962a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.127 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b46c',
    500: '#b9962a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9962a;
$custom-light: #d2b46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9962a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68702,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9962A

secondary

#758ACA

accent

#6AE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9962A

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

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