#B9B63A#B9B63A

#B9B63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.142 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B63A
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -13.79, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 61.95, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0438 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.142 108)
XYZ	xyz(37.5006, 44.0769, 10.5345)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B63A #3A3DB9

analogous

#B9773A #B9B63A #7CB93A

triadic

#B9B63A #3AB9B6 #B63AB9

tetradic

#B9B63A #3AB977 #3A3DB9 #B93A7C

square

#B9B63A #3AB977 #3A3DB9 #B93A7C

split-complementary

#B9B63A #3A7CB9 #773AB9

monochromatic

#5C5A1D #8A882B #B9B63A #CECB62 #DCDB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#B9B63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B63A

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B63A	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.142 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb78',
    500: '#b9b63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b63a;
$custom-light: #d1cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75629,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.44076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B63A

secondary

#8789C7

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B63A

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

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