#B9B22D#B9B22D

#B9B22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.146 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B22D
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -12.36, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 65.10, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.041 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.146 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4031, 42.3459, 8.7381)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B22D #2D34B9

analogous

#B96C2D #B9B22D #7AB92D

triadic

#B9B22D #2DB9B2 #B22DB9

tetradic

#B9B22D #2DB96C #2D34B9 #B92D7A

square

#B9B22D #2DB96C #2D34B9 #B92D7A

split-complementary

#B9B22D #2D7AB9 #6C2DB9

monochromatic

#575315 #888321 #B9B22D #D4CE4F #E0DB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B9B22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B22D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B22D	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.146 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c871',
    500: '#b9b22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b22d;
$custom-light: #d2c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7467,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B22D

secondary

#797DC9

accent

#4CE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B22D

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

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