#B9982F#B9982F

#B9982F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9982F
RGB	rgb(185, 152, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 1.49, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 56.65, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0016 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.125 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7507, 32.9780, 7.3818)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9982F #2F50B9

analogous

#B9532F #B9982F #95B92F

triadic

#B9982F #2FB998 #982FB9

tetradic

#B9982F #2FB953 #2F50B9 #B92F95

square

#B9982F #2FB953 #2F50B9 #B92F95

split-complementary

#B9982F #2F95B9 #532FB9

monochromatic

#574816 #887023 #B9982F #D3B452 #DFC983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B9982F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B9982F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9982F

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9982F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9982F	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9982f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 152, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b66f',
    500: '#b9982f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9982f;
$custom-light: #d2b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9982f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6915,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9982F

secondary

#7B8EC9

accent

#6BE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9982F

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

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