#B9B62B#B9B62B

#B9B62B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.151 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B62B
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -14.49, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 67.14, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0471 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.151 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1730, 43.9458, 8.8093)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B62B #2B2EB9

analogous

#B96F2B #B9B62B #75B92B

triadic

#B9B62B #2BB9B6 #B62BB9

tetradic

#B9B62B #2BB96F #2B2EB9 #B92B75

square

#B9B62B #2BB96F #2B2EB9 #B92B75

split-complementary

#B9B62B #2B75B9 #6F2BB9

monochromatic

#565414 #87851F #B9B62B #D5D24C #E1DF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B9B62B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B9B62B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B62B

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B62B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B62B	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b62b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.151 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb70',
    500: '#b9b62b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b62b;
$custom-light: #d2cb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b62b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75531,
    "c": 0.15065,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B62B

secondary

#7678C9

accent

#46E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B62B

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

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