#B9B248#B9B248

#B9B248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B248
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -10.88, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 54.66, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.034 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.127 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0989, 42.6242, 12.4027)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B248 #484FB9

analogous

#B97948 #B9B248 #87B948

triadic

#B9B248 #48B9B2 #B248B9

tetradic

#B9B248 #48B979 #484FB9 #B94887

square

#B9B248 #48B979 #484FB9 #B94887

split-complementary

#B9B248 #4887B9 #7948B9

monochromatic

#615E25 #8E8836 #B9B248 #CAC574 #DBD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B9B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B248

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B248	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87f',
    500: '#b9b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b248;
$custom-light: #d1c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74883,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B248

secondary

#9598C8

accent

#5BD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B248

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

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