#B9B43B#B9B43B

#B9B43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B43B
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -12.72, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 60.81, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0406 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.139 107)
XYZ	xyz(37.1196, 43.2738, 10.5342)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B43B #3B40B9

analogous

#B9753B #B9B43B #7FB93B

triadic

#B9B43B #3BB9B4 #B43BB9

tetradic

#B9B43B #3BB975 #3B40B9 #B93B7F

square

#B9B43B #3BB975 #3B40B9 #B93B7F

split-complementary

#B9B43B #3B7FB9 #753BB9

monochromatic

#5C5A1D #8B872C #B9B43B #CDC964 #DCD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B9B43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B43B

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B43B	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)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca78',
    500: '#b9b43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b43b;
$custom-light: #d1ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75201,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.43273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B43B

secondary

#888BC7

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B43B

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

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