#B9B03C#B9B03C

#B9B03C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.135 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B03C
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -10.60, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 58.93, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0345 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3499, 41.6925, 10.4068)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B03C #3C45B9

analogous

#B9713C #B9B03C #83B93C

triadic

#B9B03C #3CB9B0 #B03CB9

tetradic

#B9B03C #3CB971 #3C45B9 #B93C83

square

#B9B03C #3CB971 #3C45B9 #B93C83

split-complementary

#B9B03C #3C83B9 #713CB9

monochromatic

#5D581E #8B842D #B9B03C #CDC665 #DCD793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B03C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B9B03C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B03C

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B03C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B03C	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b03c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c778',
    500: '#b9b03c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b03c;
$custom-light: #d1c778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b03c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74342,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B03C

secondary

#898EC7

accent

#57DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B03C

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

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