#B9992D#B9992D

#B9992D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9992D
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 0.86, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 57.63, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0036 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.127 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8743, 33.2882, 7.2285)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9992D #2D4DB9

analogous

#B9532D #B9992D #93B92D

triadic

#B9992D #2DB999 #992DB9

tetradic

#B9992D #2DB953 #2D4DB9 #B92D93

square

#B9992D #2DB953 #2D4DB9 #B92D93

split-complementary

#B9992D #2D93B9 #532DB9

monochromatic

#574815 #887021 #B9992D #D4B64F #E0CA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B9992D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B9992D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9992D

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9992D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9992D	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)

#AA971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9992d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b66e',
    500: '#b9992d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9992d;
$custom-light: #d2b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9992d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69344,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9992D

secondary

#798BC9

accent

#68E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9992D

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

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