#B9992A#B9992A

#B9992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.128 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9992A
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 0.73, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 58.71, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0043 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.128 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8186, 33.2659, 6.9351)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9992A #2A4AB9

analogous

#B9512A #B9992A #92B92A

triadic

#B9992A #2AB999 #992AB9

tetradic

#B9992A #2AB951 #2A4AB9 #B92A92

square

#B9992A #2AB951 #2A4AB9 #B92A92

split-complementary

#B9992A #2A92B9 #512AB9

monochromatic

#554713 #87701F #B9992A #D6B74A #E1CB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B9992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B9992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9992A

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9992A	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.128 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b66c',
    500: '#b9992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9992a;
$custom-light: #d2b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69324,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9992A

secondary

#7588CA

accent

#67E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9992A

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

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