#B9B62F#B9B62F

#B9B62F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.149 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B62F
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -14.32, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 65.86, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0463 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.149 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2501, 43.9767, 9.2149)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B62F #2F32B9

analogous

#B9712F #B9B62F #77B92F

triadic

#B9B62F #2FB9B6 #B62FB9

tetradic

#B9B62F #2FB971 #2F32B9 #B92F77

square

#B9B62F #2FB971 #2F32B9 #B92F77

split-complementary

#B9B62F #2F77B9 #712FB9

monochromatic

#575616 #888623 #B9B62F #D3D052 #DFDD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B62F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B9B62F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B62F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B62F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B62F	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)

#C5AF11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b62f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.149 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb72',
    500: '#b9b62f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b62f;
$custom-light: #d2cb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b62f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75554,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B62F

secondary

#7B7DC9

accent

#49E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B62F

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

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