#B9B044#B9B044

#B9B044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.129 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B044
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 63.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -10.11, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 55.62, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0323 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.129 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5776, 41.7836, 11.6060)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B044 #444DB9

analogous

#B97644 #B9B044 #87B944

triadic

#B9B044 #44B9B0 #B044B9

tetradic

#B9B044 #44B976 #444DB9 #B94487

square

#B9B044 #44B976 #444DB9 #B94487

split-complementary

#B9B044 #4487B9 #7644B9

monochromatic

#5F5B23 #8C8534 #B9B044 #CAC370 #DBD69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B9B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B9B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B044

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B044	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.129 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c77d',
    500: '#b9b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b044;
$custom-light: #d1c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74412,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B044

secondary

#9296C7

accent

#5CD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B044

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

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