#B9B13D#B9B13D

#B9B13D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B13D
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -11.06, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 58.90, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0357 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.135 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5734, 42.0968, 10.6129)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B13D #3D45B9

analogous

#B9733D #B9B13D #83B93D

triadic

#B9B13D #3DB9B1 #B13DB9

tetradic

#B9B13D #3DB973 #3D45B9 #B93D83

square

#B9B13D #3DB973 #3D45B9 #B93D83

split-complementary

#B9B13D #3D83B9 #733DB9

monochromatic

#5D591F #8B852E #B9B13D #CDC666 #DCD795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B13D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#B9B13D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B13D

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B13D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B13D	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c879',
    500: '#b9b13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b13d;
$custom-light: #d1c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74566,
    "c": 0.13482,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B13D

secondary

#8B8EC7

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B13D

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

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