#B9992F#B9992F

#B9992F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9992F
RGB	rgb(185, 153, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 0.94, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 56.89, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0032 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.125 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9137, 33.3039, 7.4361)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9992F #2F4FB9

analogous

#B9542F #B9992F #94B92F

triadic

#B9992F #2FB999 #992FB9

tetradic

#B9992F #2FB954 #2F4FB9 #B92F94

square

#B9992F #2FB954 #2F4FB9 #B92F94

split-complementary

#B9992F #2F94B9 #542FB9

monochromatic

#574816 #887123 #B9992F #D3B552 #DFCA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B9992F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B9992F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9992F

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9992F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9992F	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)

#AA971E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9992f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 153, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b66f',
    500: '#b9992f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9992f;
$custom-light: #d2b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9992f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69358,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9992F

secondary

#7B8DC9

accent

#6AE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9992F

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

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