#B9B13A#B9B13A

#B9B13A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B13A
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -11.22, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 60.08, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0365 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4949, 42.0654, 10.1992)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B13A #3A42B9

analogous

#B9713A #B9B13A #82B93A

triadic

#B9B13A #3AB9B1 #B13AB9

tetradic

#B9B13A #3AB971 #3A42B9 #B93A82

square

#B9B13A #3AB971 #3A42B9 #B93A82

split-complementary

#B9B13A #3A82B9 #713AB9

monochromatic

#5C581D #8A842B #B9B13A #CEC762 #DCD891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B13A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B9B13A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B13A

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B13A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B13A	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b13a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c877',
    500: '#b9b13a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b13a;
$custom-light: #d1c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b13a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74542,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B13A

secondary

#878BC7

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B13A

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

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