#B9B13E#B9B13E

#B9B13E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.134 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B13E
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -11.00, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 58.49, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0355 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.134 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6006, 42.1077, 10.7561)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B13E #3E46B9

analogous

#B9733E #B9B13E #83B93E

triadic

#B9B13E #3EB9B1 #B13EB9

tetradic

#B9B13E #3EB973 #3E46B9 #B93E83

square

#B9B13E #3EB973 #3E46B9 #B93E83

split-complementary

#B9B13E #3E83B9 #733EB9

monochromatic

#5D591F #8B852F #B9B13E #CCC668 #DCD796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B13E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#B9B13E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B13E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B13E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B13E	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)

#C0AB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b13e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.134 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c879',
    500: '#b9b13e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b13e;
$custom-light: #d1c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b13e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74575,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B13E

secondary

#8C8FC7

accent

#58D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B13E

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

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