#B9B548#B9B548

#B9B548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B548
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -12.43, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 55.85, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0384 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.13 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7024, 43.8311, 12.6039)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B548 #484CB9

analogous

#B97C48 #B9B548 #84B948

triadic

#B9B548 #48B9B5 #B548B9

tetradic

#B9B548 #48B97C #484CB9 #B94884

square

#B9B548 #48B97C #484CB9 #B94884

split-complementary

#B9B548 #4884B9 #7C48B9

monochromatic

#615F25 #8E8B36 #B9B548 #CAC774 #DBD9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B9B548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B9B548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B548

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B548	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca80',
    500: '#b9b548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b548;
$custom-light: #d1ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.876,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75533,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B548

secondary

#9597C8

accent

#58D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B548

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

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