#B9A73B#B9A73B

#B9A73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A73B
RGB	rgb(185, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -5.94, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 56.20, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0214 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6173, 38.2691, 9.7001)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A73B #3B4DB9

analogous

#B9683B #B9A73B #8CB93B

triadic

#B9A73B #3BB9A7 #A73BB9

tetradic

#B9A73B #3BB968 #3B4DB9 #B93B8C

square

#B9A73B #3BB968 #3B4DB9 #B93B8C

split-complementary

#B9A73B #3B8CB9 #683BB9

monochromatic

#5C531D #8B7D2C #B9A73B #CDBE64 #DCD292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B9A73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B9A73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A73B

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A73B	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c077',
    500: '#b9a73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a73b;
$custom-light: #d1c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72401,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A73B

secondary

#8891C7

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A73B

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

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