#B9B03A#B9B03A

#B9B03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B03A
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -10.71, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 59.72, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0351 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2981, 41.6718, 10.1336)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B03A #3A43B9

analogous

#B9703A #B9B03A #82B93A

triadic

#B9B03A #3AB9B0 #B03AB9

tetradic

#B9B03A #3AB970 #3A43B9 #B93A82

square

#B9B03A #3AB970 #3A43B9 #B93A82

split-complementary

#B9B03A #3A82B9 #703AB9

monochromatic

#5C571D #8A842B #B9B03A #CEC662 #DCD791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B03A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B9B03A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B03A

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B03A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B03A	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b03a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c777',
    500: '#b9b03a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b03a;
$custom-light: #d1c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b03a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74326,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B03A

secondary

#878CC7

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B03A

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

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