#B9B42E#B9B42E

#B9B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.147 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B42E
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -13.34, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 65.47, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0437 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.147 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8235, 43.1553, 8.9744)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B42E #2E33B9

analogous

#B96F2E #B9B42E #78B92E

triadic

#B9B42E #2EB9B4 #B42EB9

tetradic

#B9B42E #2EB96F #2E33B9 #B92E78

square

#B9B42E #2EB96F #2E33B9 #B92E78

split-complementary

#B9B42E #2E78B9 #6F2EB9

monochromatic

#575516 #888422 #B9B42E #D4CF51 #E0DC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#B9B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B42E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B42E	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)

#C3AD0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.147 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca71',
    500: '#b9b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b42e;
$custom-light: #d2ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.842,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.14718,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B42E

secondary

#7A7DC9

accent

#4AE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B42E

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

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