#B9B33F#B9B33F

#B9B33F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B33F
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -11.97, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 58.84, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0381 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.135 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0262, 42.9146, 11.0346)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B33F #3F45B9

analogous

#B9763F #B9B33F #82B93F

triadic

#B9B33F #3FB9B3 #B33FB9

tetradic

#B9B33F #3FB976 #3F45B9 #B93F82

square

#B9B33F #3FB976 #3F45B9 #B93F82

split-complementary

#B9B33F #3F82B9 #763FB9

monochromatic

#5E5B20 #8B872F #B9B33F #CCC769 #DCD897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B33F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B9B33F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B33F

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B33F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B33F	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)

#C2AC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b33f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c97a',
    500: '#b9b33f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b33f;
$custom-light: #d1c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b33f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B33F

secondary

#8D8FC7

accent

#56D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B33F

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

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