#B19923#B19923

#B19923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.131 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19923
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -3.11, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 60.11, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0155 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.131 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8277, 32.2526, 6.2441)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19923 #233BB1

analogous

#B15223 #B19923 #82B123

triadic

#B19923 #23B199 #9923B1

tetradic

#B19923 #23B152 #233BB1 #B12382

square

#B19923 #23B152 #233BB1 #B12382

split-complementary

#B19923 #2382B1 #5223B1

monochromatic

#4B410F #7E6D19 #B19923 #D8BD39 #E2CE6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B19923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#B19923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19923

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19923	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.131 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb669',
    500: '#b19923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19923;
$custom-light: #cdb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68477,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19923

secondary

#6878C8

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19923

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

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