#B9B32F#B9B32F

#B9B32F 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	#B9B32F
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -12.79, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 64.79, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.042 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.146 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6423, 42.7610, 9.0123)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B32F #2F35B9

analogous

#B96E2F #B9B32F #7AB92F

triadic

#B9B32F #2FB9B3 #B32FB9

tetradic

#B9B32F #2FB96E #2F35B9 #B92F7A

square

#B9B32F #2FB96E #2F35B9 #B92F7A

split-complementary

#B9B32F #2F7AB9 #6E2FB9

monochromatic

#575516 #888423 #B9B32F #D3CD52 #DFDB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B32F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B9B32F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B32F

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B32F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B32F	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)

#C2AC13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b32f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.146 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c972',
    500: '#b9b32f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b32f;
$custom-light: #d2c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b32f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.749,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B32F

secondary

#7B7FC9

accent

#4CE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B32F

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

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