#B19E2C#B19E2C
#B19E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B19E2C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(177, 158, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 60%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 75%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 75.1%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.95, -5.44, 58.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.95, 58.50, 95.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.6% -0.0212 0.1281) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.6% 0.13 99.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.8144, 33.9842, 7.3189) |
| Luminance | 0.3398 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.45
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.85
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.85
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.98
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 5.15
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B19E2C #2C3FB1
analogous
#B15C2C #B19E2C #81B12C
triadic
#B19E2C #2CB19E #9E2CB1
tetradic
#B19E2C #2CB15C #2C3FB1 #B12C81
square
#B19E2C #2CB15C #2C3FB1 #B12C81
split-complementary
#B19E2C #2C81B1 #5C2CB1
monochromatic
#4F4614 #807220 #B19E2C #D2BE49 #DED07A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.69
#B19E2C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.80
#B19E2C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B19E2C
7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B19E2C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B19E2C | 1.00 | 2.69 | 7.80 | 7.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.69 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9A17
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A134
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BF9288
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b19e2c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 158, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 99.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ccba6e',
500: '#b19e2c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b19e2c; $custom-light: #ccba6e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b19e2c",
"rgb": {
"r": 177,
"g": 158,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.429,
"s": 60.181,
"l": 43.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69601,
"c": 0.1298,
"h": 99.4
},
"luminance": 0.33983
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B19E2C
secondary
#737FC6
accent
#5BE344
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EC
border
#D3D0C7
text
#141108
muted
#83807B