#B9B43A#B9B43A

#B9B43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.140 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B43A
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -12.77, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 61.19, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0409 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(37.0939, 43.2635, 10.3989)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B43A #3A3FB9

analogous

#B9753A #B9B43A #7EB93A

triadic

#B9B43A #3AB9B4 #B43AB9

tetradic

#B9B43A #3AB975 #3A3FB9 #B93A7E

square

#B9B43A #3AB975 #3A3FB9 #B93A7E

split-complementary

#B9B43A #3A7EB9 #753AB9

monochromatic

#5C591D #8A872B #B9B43A #CECA62 #DCDA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B9B43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B43A

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B43A	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca78',
    500: '#b9b43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b43a;
$custom-light: #d1ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75193,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.43262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B43A

secondary

#878AC7

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B43A

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

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