#B9992C#B9992C

#B9992C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9992C
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 0.81, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 58.00, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0039 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.127 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8553, 33.2806, 7.1283)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9992C #2C4CB9

analogous

#B9532C #B9992C #93B92C

triadic

#B9992C #2CB999 #992CB9

tetradic

#B9992C #2CB953 #2C4CB9 #B92C93

square

#B9992C #2CB953 #2C4CB9 #B92C93

split-complementary

#B9992C #2C93B9 #532CB9

monochromatic

#564714 #887020 #B9992C #D5B64D #E1CA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B9992C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B9992C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9992C

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9992C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9992C	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9992c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b66d',
    500: '#b9992c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9992c;
$custom-light: #d2b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9992c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69337,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9992C

secondary

#788AC9

accent

#68E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9992C

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

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