#B19D27#B19D27

#B19D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19D27
RGB	rgb(177, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -5.11, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 59.93, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0207 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5562, 33.6091, 6.7968)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19D27 #273BB1

analogous

#B15827 #B19D27 #80B127

triadic

#B19D27 #27B19D #9D27B1

tetradic

#B19D27 #27B158 #273BB1 #B12780

square

#B19D27 #27B158 #273BB1 #B12780

split-complementary

#B19D27 #2780B1 #5827B1

monochromatic

#4D4411 #7F711C #B19D27 #D5BF40 #E0D072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B19D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B19D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19D27

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19D27	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)

#AD990B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb96b',
    500: '#b19d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19d27;
$custom-light: #ccb96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69355,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19D27

secondary

#6D7AC7

accent

#59E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19D27

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

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