#B9992B#B9992B

#B9992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.128 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9992B
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 0.77, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 58.36, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0041 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.128 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8367, 33.2731, 7.0305)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9992B #2B4BB9

analogous

#B9522B #B9992B #92B92B

triadic

#B9992B #2BB999 #992BB9

tetradic

#B9992B #2BB952 #2B4BB9 #B92B92

square

#B9992B #2BB952 #2B4BB9 #B92B92

split-complementary

#B9992B #2B92B9 #522BB9

monochromatic

#564714 #87701F #B9992B #D5B64C #E1CB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B9992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B9992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9992B

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9992B	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)

#AA9716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.128 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b66d',
    500: '#b9992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9992b;
$custom-light: #d2b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6933,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9992B

secondary

#7689C9

accent

#67E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9992B

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

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