#B19E23#B19E23

#B19E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19E23
RGB	rgb(177, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -5.79, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 61.50, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.023 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6633, 33.9237, 6.5226)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19E23 #2336B1

analogous

#B15723 #B19E23 #7DB123

triadic

#B19E23 #23B19E #9E23B1

tetradic

#B19E23 #23B157 #2336B1 #B1237D

square

#B19E23 #23B157 #2336B1 #B1237D

split-complementary

#B19E23 #237DB1 #5723B1

monochromatic

#4B430F #7E7019 #B19E23 #D8C339 #E2D26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B19E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B19E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19E23

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19E23	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccba6a',
    500: '#b19e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19e23;
$custom-light: #ccba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69548,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19E23

secondary

#6874C8

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19E23

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

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