#B9982E#B9982E

#B9982E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9982E
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 1.44, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 57.02, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0018 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.125 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7308, 32.9700, 7.2768)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9982E #2E4FB9

analogous

#B9522E #B9982E #95B92E

triadic

#B9982E #2EB998 #982EB9

tetradic

#B9982E #2EB952 #2E4FB9 #B92E95

square

#B9982E #2EB952 #2E4FB9 #B92E95

split-complementary

#B9982E #2E95B9 #522EB9

monochromatic

#574716 #887022 #B9982E #D4B551 #E0C982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B9982E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B9982E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9982E

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9982E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9982E	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)

#A9961C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9982e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b66e',
    500: '#b9982e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9982e;
$custom-light: #d2b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9982e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69143,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9982E

secondary

#7A8DC9

accent

#6AE344

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9982E

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

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