#B9A63F#B9A63F

#B9A63F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A63F
RGB	rgb(185, 166, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -5.18, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 54.19, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0188 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5425, 37.9472, 10.2067)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A63F #3F52B9

analogous

#B9693F #B9A63F #8FB93F

triadic

#B9A63F #3FB9A6 #A63FB9

tetradic

#B9A63F #3FB969 #3F52B9 #B93F8F

square

#B9A63F #3FB969 #3F52B9 #B93F8F

split-complementary

#B9A63F #3F8FB9 #693FB9

monochromatic

#5E5420 #8B7D2F #B9A63F #CCBD69 #DCD197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B9A63F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B9A63F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A63F

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A63F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A63F	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B6A232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a63f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 166, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.123 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c079',
    500: '#b9a63f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a63f;
$custom-light: #d1c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a63f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72223,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A63F

secondary

#8D96C7

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A63F

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

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