#B9A62F#B9A62F

#B9A62F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A62F
RGB	rgb(185, 166, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -6.01, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 60.49, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.023 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1585, 37.7936, 8.1844)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A62F #2F42B9

analogous

#B9612F #B9A62F #87B92F

triadic

#B9A62F #2FB9A6 #A62FB9

tetradic

#B9A62F #2FB961 #2F42B9 #B92F87

square

#B9A62F #2FB961 #2F42B9 #B92F87

split-complementary

#B9A62F #2F87B9 #612FB9

monochromatic

#574E16 #887A23 #B9A62F #D3C152 #DFD383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B9A62F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B9A62F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A62F

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A62F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A62F	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a62f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 166, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c070',
    500: '#b9a62f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a62f;
$custom-light: #d2c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a62f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A62F

secondary

#7B86C9

accent

#5BE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A62F

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

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