#B9B577#B9B577

#B9B577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.082 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B577
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 119)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 35.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -8.02, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 33.13, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0213 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.082 105)
XYZ	xyz(39.8617, 44.6948, 23.9763)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B577 #777BB9

analogous

#B99477 #B9B577 #9CB977

triadic

#B9B577 #77B9B5 #B577B9

tetradic

#B9B577 #77B994 #777BB9 #B9779C

square

#B9B577 #77B994 #777BB9 #B9779C

split-complementary

#B9B577 #779CB9 #9477B9

monochromatic

#78743E #A09C53 #B9B577 #CECB9F #E3E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B9B577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#B9B577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B577

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B577	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.082 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcb9f',
    500: '#b9b577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b577;
$custom-light: #cfcb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 32.039,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76176,
    "c": 0.08204,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.44694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B577

secondary

#B9BBD3

accent

#66C860

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B577

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

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