#B9B52F#B9B52F

#B9B52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.148 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B52F
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 47)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -13.81, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 65.50, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0449 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.148 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0460, 43.5685, 9.1469)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B52F #2F33B9

analogous

#B9702F #B9B52F #78B92F

triadic

#B9B52F #2FB9B5 #B52FB9

tetradic

#B9B52F #2FB970 #2F33B9 #B92F78

square

#B9B52F #2FB970 #2F33B9 #B92F78

split-complementary

#B9B52F #2F78B9 #702FB9

monochromatic

#575616 #888523 #B9B52F #D3CF52 #DFDD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#B9B52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B52F

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B52F	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)

#C4AE11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.148 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca72',
    500: '#b9b52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b52f;
$custom-light: #d2ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75336,
    "c": 0.14758,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B52F

secondary

#7B7DC9

accent

#4AE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B52F

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

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