#B9B045#B9B045

#B9B045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.128 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B045
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -10.05, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 55.19, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.032 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.128 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6084, 41.7959, 11.7681)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B045 #454EB9

analogous

#B97645 #B9B045 #88B945

triadic

#B9B045 #45B9B0 #B045B9

tetradic

#B9B045 #45B976 #454EB9 #B94588

square

#B9B045 #45B976 #454EB9 #B94588

split-complementary

#B9B045 #4588B9 #7645B9

monochromatic

#605B24 #8C8634 #B9B045 #CAC371 #DBD69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B9B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B9B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B045

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B045	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)

#BFAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.128 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c77d',
    500: '#b9b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b045;
$custom-light: #d1c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B045

secondary

#9397C7

accent

#5DD552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B045

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

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