#B9B448#B9B448

#B9B448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.129 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B448
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -11.91, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 55.45, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.037 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.129 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4998, 43.4259, 12.5363)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B448 #484DB9

analogous

#B97B48 #B9B448 #85B948

triadic

#B9B448 #48B9B4 #B448B9

tetradic

#B9B448 #48B97B #484DB9 #B94885

square

#B9B448 #48B97B #484DB9 #B94885

split-complementary

#B9B448 #4885B9 #7B48B9

monochromatic

#615F25 #8E8A36 #B9B448 #CAC674 #DBD8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B9B448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B9B448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B448

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B448	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.129 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca80',
    500: '#b9b448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b448;
$custom-light: #d1ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75316,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B448

secondary

#9597C8

accent

#59D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B448

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

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