#B9B03D#B9B03D

#B9B03D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B03D
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -10.54, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 58.53, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0343 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.134 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3766, 41.7032, 10.5474)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B03D #3D46B9

analogous

#B9723D #B9B03D #84B93D

triadic

#B9B03D #3DB9B0 #B03DB9

tetradic

#B9B03D #3DB972 #3D46B9 #B93D84

square

#B9B03D #3DB972 #3D46B9 #B93D84

split-complementary

#B9B03D #3D84B9 #723DB9

monochromatic

#5D581F #8B842E #B9B03D #CDC566 #DCD795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B9B03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B03D

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B03D	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)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c779',
    500: '#b9b03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b03d;
$custom-light: #d1c779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7435,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B03D

secondary

#8B8FC7

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B03D

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

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