#B9962B#B9962B

#B9962B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9962B
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 2.40, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 57.66, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.0006 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.126 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3518, 32.3034, 6.8689)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9962B #2B4EB9

analogous

#B94F2B #B9962B #95B92B

triadic

#B9962B #2BB996 #962BB9

tetradic

#B9962B #2BB94F #2B4EB9 #B92B95

square

#B9962B #2BB94F #2B4EB9 #B92B95

split-complementary

#B9962B #2B95B9 #4F2BB9

monochromatic

#564514 #876E1F #B9962B #D5B34C #E1C87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B9962B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B9962B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9962B

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9962B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9962B	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	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)

#A89418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9962b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b46d',
    500: '#b9962b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9962b;
$custom-light: #d2b46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9962b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68708,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9962B

secondary

#768BC9

accent

#6BE542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9962B

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

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