#B9B03E#B9B03E

#B9B03E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.133 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B03E
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -10.48, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 58.12, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.034 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.133 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4038, 41.7141, 10.6905)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B03E #3E47B9

analogous

#B9723E #B9B03E #84B93E

triadic

#B9B03E #3EB9B0 #B03EB9

tetradic

#B9B03E #3EB972 #3E47B9 #B93E84

square

#B9B03E #3EB972 #3E47B9 #B93E84

split-complementary

#B9B03E #3E84B9 #723EB9

monochromatic

#5D591F #8B842F #B9B03E #CCC568 #DCD796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B9B03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B03E

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B03E	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)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.133 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c779',
    500: '#b9b03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b03e;
$custom-light: #d1c779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74358,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B03E

secondary

#8C90C7

accent

#59D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B03E

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

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