#B9B32E#B9B32E

#B9B32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.146 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B32E
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -12.83, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 65.12, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0422 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.146 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6223, 42.7531, 8.9073)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B32E #2E34B9

analogous

#B96D2E #B9B32E #79B92E

triadic

#B9B32E #2EB9B3 #B32EB9

tetradic

#B9B32E #2EB96D #2E34B9 #B92E79

square

#B9B32E #2EB96D #2E34B9 #B92E79

split-complementary

#B9B32E #2E79B9 #6D2EB9

monochromatic

#575416 #888422 #B9B32E #D4CE51 #E0DC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B9B32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B32E

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B32E	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)

#C3AC10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.146 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c971',
    500: '#b9b32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b32e;
$custom-light: #d2c971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74894,
    "c": 0.14624,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B32E

secondary

#7A7DC9

accent

#4BE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B32E

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

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