#B9B22E#B9B22E

#B9B22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.145 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B22E
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -12.32, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 64.77, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0408 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.145 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4226, 42.3537, 8.8407)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B22E #2E35B9

analogous

#B96C2E #B9B22E #7BB92E

triadic

#B9B22E #2EB9B2 #B22EB9

tetradic

#B9B22E #2EB96C #2E35B9 #B92E7B

square

#B9B22E #2EB96C #2E35B9 #B92E7B

split-complementary

#B9B22E #2E7BB9 #6C2EB9

monochromatic

#575416 #888322 #B9B22E #D4CD51 #E0DB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B9B22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B22E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B22E	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)

#C2AB11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.145 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c871',
    500: '#b9b22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b22e;
$custom-light: #d2c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74676,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B22E

secondary

#7A7EC9

accent

#4CE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B22E

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

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