#B9B562#B9B562

#B9B562 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.106 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B562
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 47%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -10.29, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 43.75, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0295 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.106 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7369, 44.2449, 18.0525)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B562 #6266B9

analogous

#B98962 #B9B562 #92B962

triadic

#B9B562 #62B9B5 #B562B9

tetradic

#B9B562 #62B989 #6266B9 #B96292

square

#B9B562 #62B989 #6266B9 #B96292

split-complementary

#B9B562 #6292B9 #8962B9

monochromatic

#6F6C32 #999544 #B9B562 #CCC98C #DFDDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B9B562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B9B562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B562

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B562	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.106 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb90',
    500: '#b9b562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b562;
$custom-light: #d0cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.241,
    "s": 38.326,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75842,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B562

secondary

#A9ABCE

accent

#5FCE5A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F1

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B562

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

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