#B9B33E#B9B33E

#B9B33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.136 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B33E
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -12.03, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 59.25, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0384 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.136 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9985, 42.9035, 10.8888)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B33E #3E44B9

analogous

#B9753E #B9B33E #81B93E

triadic

#B9B33E #3EB9B3 #B33EB9

tetradic

#B9B33E #3EB975 #3E44B9 #B93E81

square

#B9B33E #3EB975 #3E44B9 #B93E81

split-complementary

#B9B33E #3E81B9 #753EB9

monochromatic

#5D5A1F #8B872F #B9B33E #CCC768 #DCD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B9B33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B33E

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B33E	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.136 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c97a',
    500: '#b9b33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b33e;
$custom-light: #d1c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75008,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B33E

secondary

#8C8EC7

accent

#55D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B33E

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

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