#B9B42F#B9B42F

#B9B42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.147 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B42F
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -13.30, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 65.14, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0435 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.147 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8434, 43.1633, 9.0794)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B42F #2F34B9

analogous

#B96F2F #B9B42F #79B92F

triadic

#B9B42F #2FB9B4 #B42FB9

tetradic

#B9B42F #2FB96F #2F34B9 #B92F79

square

#B9B42F #2FB96F #2F34B9 #B92F79

split-complementary

#B9B42F #2F79B9 #6F2FB9

monochromatic

#575516 #888523 #B9B42F #D3CE52 #DFDC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#B9B42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B42F

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B42F	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)

#C3AD12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.147 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca72',
    500: '#b9b42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b42f;
$custom-light: #d2ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75118,
    "c": 0.14663,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B42F

secondary

#7B7EC9

accent

#4BE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B42F

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

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