#B19A23#B19A23

#B19A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.132 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19A23
RGB	rgb(177, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -3.65, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 60.38, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.017 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.132 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9920, 32.5813, 6.2988)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19A23 #233AB1

analogous

#B15323 #B19A23 #81B123

triadic

#B19A23 #23B19A #9A23B1

tetradic

#B19A23 #23B153 #233AB1 #B12381

square

#B19A23 #23B153 #233AB1 #B12381

split-complementary

#B19A23 #2381B1 #5323B1

monochromatic

#4B410F #7E6E19 #B19A23 #D8BE39 #E2CF6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B19A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#B19A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19A23

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19A23	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.132 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb769',
    500: '#b19a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19a23;
$custom-light: #cdb769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6869,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19A23

secondary

#6877C8

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19A23

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

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