#B19D23#B19D23

#B19D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19D23
RGB	rgb(177, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -5.26, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 61.22, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0215 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4934, 33.5840, 6.4660)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19D23 #2337B1

analogous

#B15623 #B19D23 #7EB123

triadic

#B19D23 #23B19D #9D23B1

tetradic

#B19D23 #23B156 #2337B1 #B1237E

square

#B19D23 #23B156 #2337B1 #B1237E

split-complementary

#B19D23 #237EB1 #5623B1

monochromatic

#4B420F #7E7019 #B19D23 #D8C239 #E2D16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B19D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B19D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19D23

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19D23	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb969',
    500: '#b19d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19d23;
$custom-light: #ccb969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69333,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19D23

secondary

#6875C8

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19D23

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

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