#B9B445#B9B445

#B9B445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B445
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -12.12, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 56.74, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0379 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.132 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4043, 43.3877, 12.0334)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B445 #454AB9

analogous

#B97A45 #B9B445 #84B945

triadic

#B9B445 #45B9B4 #B445B9

tetradic

#B9B445 #45B97A #454AB9 #B94584

square

#B9B445 #45B97A #454AB9 #B94584

split-complementary

#B9B445 #4584B9 #7A45B9

monochromatic

#605D24 #8C8934 #B9B445 #CAC671 #DBD89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B9B445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B9B445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B445

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B445	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca7e',
    500: '#b9b445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b445;
$custom-light: #d1ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75287,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B445

secondary

#9395C7

accent

#58D552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B445

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

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