#B9B573#B9B573

#B9B573 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.087 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B573
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 115)
HSL	hsl(57, 33%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 37.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -8.49, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 35.19, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0229 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.087 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6265, 44.6007, 22.7377)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B573 #7377B9

analogous

#B99273 #B9B573 #9AB973

triadic

#B9B573 #73B9B5 #B573B9

tetradic

#B9B573 #73B992 #7377B9 #B9739A

square

#B9B573 #73B992 #7377B9 #B9739A

split-complementary

#B9B573 #739AB9 #9273B9

monochromatic

#76733B #9F9B50 #B9B573 #CDCB9C #E2E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9B573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#B9B573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B573

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B573	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.087 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcb9c',
    500: '#b9b573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b573;
$custom-light: #cfcb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76106,
    "c": 0.08678,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B573

secondary

#B6B8D2

accent

#64C95E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B573

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

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