#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
RGBrgb(177, 157, 35)
HSLhsl(52, 67%, 42%)
HSVhsv(52, 80%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.3%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(64.63, -5.26, 60.99)
CIE-LCHlch(64.63, 61.22, 94.93°)
OKLaboklab(69.33% -0.0215 0.1321)
OKLCHoklch(69.33% 0.134 99.3)
XYZxyz(30.4934, 33.5840, 6.4660)
Luminance0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B19D231.002.727.727.72
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7221.001.001.00
##0000007.7221.001.001.00

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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#B19D23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva