#B9B52B#B9B52B

#B9B52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.150 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B52B
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -13.98, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 66.78, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0457 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.15 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9690, 43.5377, 8.7413)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B52B #2B2FB9

analogous

#B96E2B #B9B52B #76B92B

triadic

#B9B52B #2BB9B5 #B52BB9

tetradic

#B9B52B #2BB96E #2B2FB9 #B92B76

square

#B9B52B #2BB96E #2B2FB9 #B92B76

split-complementary

#B9B52B #2B76B9 #6E2BB9

monochromatic

#565414 #87841F #B9B52B #D5D14C #E1DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#B9B52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B52B

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B52B	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.150 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca70',
    500: '#b9b52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b52b;
$custom-light: #d2ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75313,
    "c": 0.14971,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B52B

secondary

#7679C9

accent

#47E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B52B

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

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