#B9B545#B9B545

#B9B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B545
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -12.63, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 57.14, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0393 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.133 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6069, 43.7929, 12.1009)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B545 #4549B9

analogous

#B97B45 #B9B545 #83B945

triadic

#B9B545 #45B9B5 #B545B9

tetradic

#B9B545 #45B97B #4549B9 #B94583

square

#B9B545 #45B97B #4549B9 #B94583

split-complementary

#B9B545 #4583B9 #7B45B9

monochromatic

#605E24 #8C8934 #B9B545 #CAC771 #DBD99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B9B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#B9B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B545

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B545	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca7e',
    500: '#b9b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b545;
$custom-light: #d1ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75504,
    "c": 0.13271,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B545

secondary

#9394C7

accent

#57D552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B545

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

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