#B9B23C#B9B23C

#B9B23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.136 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B23C
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -11.63, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 59.67, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0375 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.136 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7450, 42.4826, 10.5385)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B23C #3C43B9

analogous

#B9733C #B9B23C #81B93C

triadic

#B9B23C #3CB9B2 #B23CB9

tetradic

#B9B23C #3CB973 #3C43B9 #B93C81

square

#B9B23C #3CB973 #3C43B9 #B93C81

split-complementary

#B9B23C #3C81B9 #733CB9

monochromatic

#5D591E #8B862D #B9B23C #CDC765 #DCD893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B9B23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B9B23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B23C

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B23C	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.136 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c878',
    500: '#b9b23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b23c;
$custom-light: #d1c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74775,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B23C

secondary

#898DC7

accent

#55DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B23C

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

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