#B9B62C#B9B62C

#B9B62C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.150 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B62C
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -14.45, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 66.82, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0469 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.15 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1916, 43.9533, 8.9071)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B62C #2C2FB9

analogous

#B96F2C #B9B62C #76B92C

triadic

#B9B62C #2CB9B6 #B62CB9

tetradic

#B9B62C #2CB96F #2C2FB9 #B92C76

square

#B9B62C #2CB96F #2C2FB9 #B92C76

split-complementary

#B9B62C #2C76B9 #6F2CB9

monochromatic

#565514 #888520 #B9B62C #D5D24D #E1DE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B62C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B9B62C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B62C

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B62C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B62C	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C5AE07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.150 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb71',
    500: '#b9b62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b62c;
$custom-light: #d2cb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75537,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B62C

secondary

#7879C9

accent

#47E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B62C

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

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