#B9A63E#B9A63E

#B9A63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A63E
RGB	rgb(185, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -5.24, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 54.62, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0191 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5148, 37.9361, 10.0609)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A63E #3E51B9

analogous

#B9683E #B9A63E #8EB93E

triadic

#B9A63E #3EB9A6 #A63EB9

tetradic

#B9A63E #3EB968 #3E51B9 #B93E8E

square

#B9A63E #3EB968 #3E51B9 #B93E8E

split-complementary

#B9A63E #3E8EB9 #683EB9

monochromatic

#5D541F #8B7D2F #B9A63E #CCBD68 #DCD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B9A63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B9A63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A63E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A63E	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c079',
    500: '#b9a63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a63e;
$custom-light: #d1c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72214,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A63E

secondary

#8C95C7

accent

#64D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A63E

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

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