#B9992E#B9992E

#B9992E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.126 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9992E
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 0.90, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 57.26, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0034 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.126 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8938, 33.2960, 7.3311)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9992E #2E4EB9

analogous

#B9532E #B9992E #93B92E

triadic

#B9992E #2EB999 #992EB9

tetradic

#B9992E #2EB953 #2E4EB9 #B92E93

square

#B9992E #2EB953 #2E4EB9 #B92E93

split-complementary

#B9992E #2E93B9 #532EB9

monochromatic

#574816 #887022 #B9992E #D4B551 #E0CA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B9992E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B9992E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9992E

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9992E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9992E	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)

#AA971C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9992e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b66e',
    500: '#b9992e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9992e;
$custom-light: #d2b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9992e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69351,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9992E

secondary

#7A8CC9

accent

#69E344

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9992E

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

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