#B9B453#B9B453

#B9B453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B453
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -11.10, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 50.51, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0334 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.12 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8913, 43.5825, 14.5982)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B453 #5358B9

analogous

#B98153 #B9B453 #8BB953

triadic

#B9B453 #53B9B4 #B453B9

tetradic

#B9B453 #53B981 #5358B9 #B9538B

square

#B9B453 #53B981 #5358B9 #B9538B

split-complementary

#B9B453 #538BB9 #8153B9

monochromatic

#67642A #938F3C #B9B453 #CBC77E #DCDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B9B453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B453

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B453	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca86',
    500: '#b9b453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b453;
$custom-light: #d0ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75434,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B453

secondary

#9EA0CA

accent

#5CD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B453

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

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