#B9B02D#B9B02D

#B9B02D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.144 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B02D
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -11.33, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 64.42, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0381 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.144 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0081, 41.5558, 8.6065)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B02D #2D36B9

analogous

#B96A2D #B9B02D #7CB92D

triadic

#B9B02D #2DB9B0 #B02DB9

tetradic

#B9B02D #2DB96A #2D36B9 #B92D7C

square

#B9B02D #2DB96A #2D36B9 #B92D7C

split-complementary

#B9B02D #2D7CB9 #6A2DB9

monochromatic

#575215 #888121 #B9B02D #D4CC4F #E0DA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B9B02D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B9B02D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B02D

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B02D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B02D	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b02d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.144 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c770',
    500: '#b9b02d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b02d;
$custom-light: #d2c770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b02d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74236,
    "c": 0.14405,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B02D

secondary

#797EC9

accent

#4EE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B02D

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

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