#B9B375#B9B375

#B9B375 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.082 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B375
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 117)
HSL	hsl(55, 33%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 36.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -7.21, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 33.24, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0191 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.082 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3391, 43.8398, 23.2158)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B375 #757BB9

analogous

#B99175 #B9B375 #9DB975

triadic

#B9B375 #75B9B3 #B375B9

tetradic

#B9B375 #75B991 #757BB9 #B9759D

square

#B9B375 #75B991 #757BB9 #B9759D

split-complementary

#B9B375 #759DB9 #9175B9

monochromatic

#77723C #A09951 #B9B375 #CEC99E #E2E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B9B375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B9B375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B375

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B375	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.082 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc99d',
    500: '#b9b375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b375;
$custom-light: #cfc99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 32.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75715,
    "c": 0.08212,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B375

secondary

#B8BAD2

accent

#68C95F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B375

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

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