#B9B62D#B9B62D

#B9B62D 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	#B9B62D
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -14.41, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 66.51, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0467 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.15 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2106, 43.9609, 9.0073)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B62D #2D30B9

analogous

#B9702D #B9B62D #76B92D

triadic

#B9B62D #2DB9B6 #B62DB9

tetradic

#B9B62D #2DB970 #2D30B9 #B92D76

square

#B9B62D #2DB970 #2D30B9 #B92D76

split-complementary

#B9B62D #2D76B9 #702DB9

monochromatic

#575515 #888621 #B9B62D #D4D14F #E0DE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B9B62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B62D

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B62D	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)

#C5AE0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.150 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb71',
    500: '#b9b62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b62d;
$custom-light: #d2cb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75542,
    "c": 0.14962,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B62D

secondary

#797BC9

accent

#47E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B62D

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

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