#B19B23#B19B23

#B19B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19B23
RGB	rgb(177, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -4.19, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 60.66, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0185 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(30.1578, 32.9127, 6.3541)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19B23 #2339B1

analogous

#B15423 #B19B23 #80B123

triadic

#B19B23 #23B19B #9B23B1

tetradic

#B19B23 #23B154 #2339B1 #B12380

square

#B19B23 #23B154 #2339B1 #B12380

split-complementary

#B19B23 #2380B1 #5423B1

monochromatic

#4B420F #7E6E19 #B19B23 #D8BF39 #E2D06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B19B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B19B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19B23

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19B23	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb869',
    500: '#b19b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19b23;
$custom-light: #cdb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68904,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.32911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19B23

secondary

#6877C8

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19B23

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

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