#B9B048#B9B048

#B9B048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B048
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -9.84, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 53.88, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0311 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.125 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7039, 41.8341, 12.2710)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B048 #4851B9

analogous

#B97748 #B9B048 #8AB948

triadic

#B9B048 #48B9B0 #B048B9

tetradic

#B9B048 #48B977 #4851B9 #B9488A

square

#B9B048 #48B977 #4851B9 #B9488A

split-complementary

#B9B048 #488AB9 #7748B9

monochromatic

#615D25 #8E8736 #B9B048 #CAC374 #DBD6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B9B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B9B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B048

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B048	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c77f',
    500: '#b9b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b048;
$custom-light: #d1c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74451,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B048

secondary

#9599C8

accent

#5ED453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B048

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

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