#B9B571#B9B571

#B9B571 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.089 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B571
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 113)
HSL	hsl(57, 34%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 38.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -8.72, 35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 36.22, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0237 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.089 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5127, 44.5552, 22.1382)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B571 #7175B9

analogous

#B99171 #B9B571 #99B971

triadic

#B9B571 #71B9B5 #B571B9

tetradic

#B9B571 #71B991 #7175B9 #B97199

square

#B9B571 #71B991 #7175B9 #B97199

split-complementary

#B9B571 #7199B9 #9171B9

monochromatic

#76723A #9F9A4E #B9B571 #CDCA9A #E1E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9B571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#B9B571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B571

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B571	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.089 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcb9b',
    500: '#b9b571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b571;
$custom-light: #cfcb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76073,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B571

secondary

#B5B6D1

accent

#64CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B571

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

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