#B9B53A#B9B53A

#B9B53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.141 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B53A
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -13.28, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 61.57, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0423 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.141 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2965, 43.6687, 10.4664)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B53A #3A3EB9

analogous

#B9753A #B9B53A #7EB93A

triadic

#B9B53A #3AB9B5 #B53AB9

tetradic

#B9B53A #3AB975 #3A3EB9 #B93A7E

square

#B9B53A #3AB975 #3A3EB9 #B93A7E

split-complementary

#B9B53A #3A7EB9 #753AB9

monochromatic

#5C5A1D #8A872B #B9B53A #CECA62 #DCDA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#B9B53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B53A

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B53A	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.141 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca78',
    500: '#b9b53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b53a;
$custom-light: #d1ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75411,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B53A

secondary

#8789C7

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B53A

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

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