#B9B42C#B9B42C

#B9B42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.148 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B42C
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -13.43, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 66.12, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0441 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.148 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7850, 43.1399, 8.7716)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B42C #2C31B9

analogous

#B96D2C #B9B42C #78B92C

triadic

#B9B42C #2CB9B4 #B42CB9

tetradic

#B9B42C #2CB96D #2C31B9 #B92C78

square

#B9B42C #2CB96D #2C31B9 #B92C78

split-complementary

#B9B42C #2C78B9 #6D2CB9

monochromatic

#565414 #888420 #B9B42C #D5D04D #E1DD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#B9B42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B42C

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B42C	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.148 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca70',
    500: '#b9b42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b42c;
$custom-light: #d2ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.751,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B42C

secondary

#787BC9

accent

#49E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B42C

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

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