#B9982D#B9982D

#B9982D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.126 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9982D
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 1.40, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 57.39, 88.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0021 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.126 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7113, 32.9622, 7.1742)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9982D #2D4EB9

analogous

#B9522D #B9982D #94B92D

triadic

#B9982D #2DB998 #982DB9

tetradic

#B9982D #2DB952 #2D4EB9 #B92D94

square

#B9982D #2DB952 #2D4EB9 #B92D94

split-complementary

#B9982D #2D94B9 #522DB9

monochromatic

#574715 #887021 #B9982D #D4B54F #E0CA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B9982D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B9982D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9982D

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9982D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9982D	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)

#A9961A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9982d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.126 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b56e',
    500: '#b9982d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9982d;
$custom-light: #d2b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9982d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69136,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9982D

secondary

#798CC9

accent

#6AE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9982D

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

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