#B9B43E#B9B43E

#B9B43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.137 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B43E
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -12.55, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 59.63, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0398 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.137 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1997, 43.3058, 10.9558)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B43E #3E43B9

analogous

#B9763E #B9B43E #80B93E

triadic

#B9B43E #3EB9B4 #B43EB9

tetradic

#B9B43E #3EB976 #3E43B9 #B93E80

square

#B9B43E #3EB976 #3E43B9 #B93E80

split-complementary

#B9B43E #3E80B9 #763EB9

monochromatic

#5D5B1F #8B872F #B9B43E #CCC868 #DCD996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B9B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#B9B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B43E

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B43E	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.137 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca7a',
    500: '#b9b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b43e;
$custom-light: #d1ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75225,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B43E

secondary

#8C8EC7

accent

#54D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B43E

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

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