#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
RGBrgb(185, 180, 83)
HSLhsl(57, 42%, 53%)
HSVhsv(57, 55%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.7%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.95, -11.10, 49.27)
CIE-LCHlch(71.95, 50.51, 102.69°)
OKLaboklab(75.43% -0.0334 0.1148)
OKLCHoklch(75.43% 0.12 106.2)
XYZxyz(37.8913, 43.5825, 14.5982)
Luminance0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B9B4531.002.169.729.72
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7221.001.001.00
##0000009.7221.001.001.00

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

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#B9B453 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva