#B9962D#B9962D

#B9962D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.125 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9962D
RGB	rgb(185, 150, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 2.48, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 56.93, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.001 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.125 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3894, 32.3185, 7.0669)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9962D #2D50B9

analogous

#B9502D #B9962D #96B92D

triadic

#B9962D #2DB996 #962DB9

tetradic

#B9962D #2DB950 #2D50B9 #B92D96

square

#B9962D #2DB950 #2D50B9 #B92D96

split-complementary

#B9962D #2D96B9 #502DB9

monochromatic

#574615 #886E21 #B9962D #D4B34F #E0C880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B9962D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#B9962D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9962D

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9962D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9962D	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)

#A8941B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9962d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 150, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.125 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b46e',
    500: '#b9962d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9962d;
$custom-light: #d2b46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9962d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68722,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9962D

secondary

#798DC9

accent

#6CE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9962D

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

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