#B9962C#B9962C

#B9962C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9962C
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 2.44, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 57.30, 87.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0008 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.126 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3704, 32.3108, 6.9667)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9962C #2C4FB9

analogous

#B94F2C #B9962C #96B92C

triadic

#B9962C #2CB996 #962CB9

tetradic

#B9962C #2CB94F #2C4FB9 #B92C96

square

#B9962C #2CB94F #2C4FB9 #B92C96

split-complementary

#B9962C #2C96B9 #4F2CB9

monochromatic

#564614 #886E20 #B9962C #D5B34D #E1C87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B9962C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B9962C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9962C

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9962C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9962C	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)

#A89419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9962c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b46d',
    500: '#b9962c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9962c;
$custom-light: #d2b46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9962c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68715,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9962C

secondary

#788CC9

accent

#6BE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9962C

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

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