#B9B060#B9B060

#B9B060 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.102 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B060
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 96)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 48.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -7.88, 41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 42.59, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0228 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.102 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6452, 42.2107, 17.2285)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B060 #6069B9

analogous

#B98460 #B9B060 #95B960

triadic

#B9B060 #60B9B0 #B060B9

tetradic

#B9B060 #60B984 #6069B9 #B96095

square

#B9B060 #60B984 #6069B9 #B96095

split-complementary

#B9B060 #6095B9 #8460B9

monochromatic

#6E6830 #999043 #B9B060 #CCC58A #DEDAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B060 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B9B060 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B060

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B060	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B060	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b060;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.102 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c78f',
    500: '#b9b060',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b060;
$custom-light: #d0c78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b060",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.933,
    "s": 38.865,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B060

secondary

#A8ACCD

accent

#65CF59

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B060

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

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