#B9B23E#B9B23E

#B9B23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B23E
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -11.52, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 58.87, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0369 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.135 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7989, 42.5042, 10.8222)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B23E #3E45B9

analogous

#B9743E #B9B23E #82B93E

triadic

#B9B23E #3EB9B2 #B23EB9

tetradic

#B9B23E #3EB974 #3E45B9 #B93E82

square

#B9B23E #3EB974 #3E45B9 #B93E82

split-complementary

#B9B23E #3E82B9 #743EB9

monochromatic

#5D5A1F #8B862F #B9B23E #CCC768 #DCD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B9B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B9B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B23E

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B23E	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)

#C1AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87a',
    500: '#b9b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b23e;
$custom-light: #d1c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74791,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B23E

secondary

#8C8FC7

accent

#56D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B23E

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

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