#B9B652#B9B652

#B9B652 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B652
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 55.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -12.21, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 51.81, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0367 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.123 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2596, 44.3805, 14.5319)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B652 #5255B9

analogous

#B98252 #B9B652 #89B952

triadic

#B9B652 #52B9B6 #B652B9

tetradic

#B9B652 #52B982 #5255B9 #B95289

square

#B9B652 #52B982 #5255B9 #B95289

split-complementary

#B9B652 #5289B9 #8252B9

monochromatic

#67652A #93903B #B9B652 #CBC87E #DCDBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B9B652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#B9B652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B652

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B652	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb86',
    500: '#b9b652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b652;
$custom-light: #d0cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.252,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75855,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B652

secondary

#9D9ECA

accent

#59D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B652

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

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