#B9982A#B9982A

#B9982A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.128 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9982A
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, 1.27, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 58.48, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0028 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.128 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6556, 32.9399, 6.8808)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9982A #2A4BB9

analogous

#B9512A #B9982A #93B92A

triadic

#B9982A #2AB998 #982AB9

tetradic

#B9982A #2AB951 #2A4BB9 #B92A93

square

#B9982A #2AB951 #2A4BB9 #B92A93

split-complementary

#B9982A #2A93B9 #512AB9

monochromatic

#554613 #876F1F #B9982A #D6B64A #E1CA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B9982A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B9982A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9982A

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9982A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9982A	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9982a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.128 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b56c',
    500: '#b9982a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9982a;
$custom-light: #d2b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9982a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69116,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9982A

secondary

#7589CA

accent

#68E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9982A

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

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