#B9B463#B9B463

#B9B463 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.104 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B463
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 46.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -9.68, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 42.82, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0277 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.104 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5818, 43.8587, 18.2352)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B463 #6368B9

analogous

#B98963 #B9B463 #93B963

triadic

#B9B463 #63B9B4 #B463B9

tetradic

#B9B463 #63B989 #6368B9 #B96393

square

#B9B463 #63B989 #6368B9 #B96393

split-complementary

#B9B463 #6393B9 #8963B9

monochromatic

#706C32 #9A9545 #B9B463 #CCC88D #DFDDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B9B463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B9B463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B463

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B463	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.104 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca91',
    500: '#b9b463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b463;
$custom-light: #d0ca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.512,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75641,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B463

secondary

#AAACCE

accent

#61CE5A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F1

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B463

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

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