#B9B52C#B9B52C

#B9B52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.149 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B52C
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -13.94, 64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 66.47, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0455 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.149 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9876, 43.5451, 8.8391)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B52C #2C30B9

analogous

#B96F2C #B9B52C #76B92C

triadic

#B9B52C #2CB9B5 #B52CB9

tetradic

#B9B52C #2CB96F #2C30B9 #B92C76

square

#B9B52C #2CB96F #2C30B9 #B92C76

split-complementary

#B9B52C #2C76B9 #6F2CB9

monochromatic

#565414 #888520 #B9B52C #D5D14D #E1DE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#B9B52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B52C

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B52C	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)

#C4AE08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.149 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca71',
    500: '#b9b52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b52c;
$custom-light: #d2ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75318,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B52C

secondary

#787AC9

accent

#48E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B52C

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

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