#B9B32C#B9B32C

#B9B32C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.147 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B32C
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -12.91, 64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 65.77, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0426 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.147 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5838, 42.7377, 8.7045)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B32C #2C32B9

analogous

#B96D2C #B9B32C #78B92C

triadic

#B9B32C #2CB9B3 #B32CB9

tetradic

#B9B32C #2CB96D #2C32B9 #B92C78

square

#B9B32C #2CB96D #2C32B9 #B92C78

split-complementary

#B9B32C #2C78B9 #6D2CB9

monochromatic

#565314 #888320 #B9B32C #D5CF4D #E1DC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B32C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B9B32C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B32C

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B32C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B32C	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b32c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.147 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c970',
    500: '#b9b32c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b32c;
$custom-light: #d2c970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b32c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74882,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B32C

secondary

#787BC9

accent

#4AE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B32C

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

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