#B9B261#B9B261

#B9B261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.104 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B261
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 47.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -8.83, 42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 42.94, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0254 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.104 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0866, 43.0193, 17.6042)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B261 #6168B9

analogous

#B98661 #B9B261 #94B961

triadic

#B9B261 #61B9B2 #B261B9

tetradic

#B9B261 #61B986 #6168B9 #B96194

square

#B9B261 #61B986 #6168B9 #B96194

split-complementary

#B9B261 #6194B9 #8661B9

monochromatic

#6F6A31 #999244 #B9B261 #CCC78B #DFDBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B9B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B261

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B261	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.104 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c890',
    500: '#b9b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b261;
$custom-light: #d0c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.227,
    "s": 38.596,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75183,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B261

secondary

#A9ABCD

accent

#63CF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B261

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

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