#B19F23#B19F23
#B19F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B19F23 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(177, 159, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 67%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 80%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 80.2%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.17, -6.32, 61.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.17, 61.79, 95.87°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.76% -0.0245 0.1332) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.76% 0.135 100.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.8345, 34.2662, 6.5797) |
| Luminance | 0.3427 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.43
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.55
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.04
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.12
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.13
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 5.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B19F23 #2335B1
analogous
#B15823 #B19F23 #7CB123
triadic
#B19F23 #23B19F #9F23B1
tetradic
#B19F23 #23B158 #2335B1 #B1237C
square
#B19F23 #23B158 #2335B1 #B1237C
split-complementary
#B19F23 #237CB1 #5823B1
monochromatic
#4B430F #7E7119 #B19F23 #D8C439 #E2D36C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.67
#B19F23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.85
#B19F23 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B19F23
7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B19F23 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B19F23 | 1.00 | 2.67 | 7.85 | 7.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9A00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A12D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BF9388
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b19f23; /* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 159, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.135 100.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ccbb6a',
500: '#b19f23',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b19f23; $custom-light: #ccbb6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b19f23",
"rgb": {
"r": 177,
"g": 159,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.394,
"s": 66.981,
"l": 41.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69763,
"c": 0.13539,
"h": 100.4
},
"luminance": 0.34265
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B19F23
secondary
#6874C8
accent
#54EA3E
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EC
border
#D3D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#83807A