#B9B262#B9B262

#B9B262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.102 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B262
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 47%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -8.73, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 42.45, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.025 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.102 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1335, 43.0380, 17.8513)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B262 #6269B9

analogous

#B98662 #B9B262 #95B962

triadic

#B9B262 #62B9B2 #B262B9

tetradic

#B9B262 #62B986 #6269B9 #B96295

square

#B9B262 #62B986 #6269B9 #B96295

split-complementary

#B9B262 #6295B9 #8662B9

monochromatic

#6F6A32 #999344 #B9B262 #CCC78C #DFDCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B9B262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B262

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B262	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.102 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c890',
    500: '#b9b262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b262;
$custom-light: #d0c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 38.326,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75197,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B262

secondary

#A9ACCE

accent

#63CE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B262

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

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