#B9B72C#B9B72C

#B9B72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.151 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B72C
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -14.96, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 67.18, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0484 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.151 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3971, 44.3643, 8.9756)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B72C #2C2EB9

analogous

#B9712C #B9B72C #74B92C

triadic

#B9B72C #2CB9B7 #B72CB9

tetradic

#B9B72C #2CB971 #2C2EB9 #B92C74

square

#B9B72C #2CB971 #2C2EB9 #B92C74

split-complementary

#B9B72C #2C74B9 #712CB9

monochromatic

#565514 #888620 #B9B72C #D5D34D #E1DF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B9B72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B9B72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B72C

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B72C	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.151 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc71',
    500: '#b9b72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b72c;
$custom-light: #d2cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B72C

secondary

#7879C9

accent

#45E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B72C

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

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