#B9982C#B9982C

#B9982C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9982C
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 1.35, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 57.76, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0023 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.127 91)
XYZ	xyz(31.6923, 32.9546, 7.0740)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9982C #2C4DB9

analogous

#B9512C #B9982C #94B92C

triadic

#B9982C #2CB998 #982CB9

tetradic

#B9982C #2CB951 #2C4DB9 #B92C94

square

#B9982C #2CB951 #2C4DB9 #B92C94

split-complementary

#B9982C #2C94B9 #512CB9

monochromatic

#564714 #886F20 #B9982C #D5B54D #E1CA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B9982C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B9982C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9982C

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9982C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9982C	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)

#A99619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9982c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b56d',
    500: '#b9982c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9982c;
$custom-light: #d2b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9982c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69129,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.32953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9982C

secondary

#788BC9

accent

#69E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9982C

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

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