#B9B23A#B9B23A

#B9B23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.138 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B23A
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -11.74, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 60.45, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.038 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.138 106)
XYZ	xyz(36.6931, 42.4619, 10.2653)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B23A #3A41B9

analogous

#B9733A #B9B23A #80B93A

triadic

#B9B23A #3AB9B2 #B23AB9

tetradic

#B9B23A #3AB973 #3A41B9 #B93A80

square

#B9B23A #3AB973 #3A41B9 #B93A80

split-complementary

#B9B23A #3A80B9 #733AB9

monochromatic

#5C581D #8A852B #B9B23A #CEC862 #DCD891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B9B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B9B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B23A

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B23A	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.138 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c877',
    500: '#b9b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b23a;
$custom-light: #d1c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74759,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.42461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B23A

secondary

#878BC7

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B23A

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

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