#B9B72D#B9B72D

#B9B72D 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	#B9B72D
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -14.92, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 66.87, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0482 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.151 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4162, 44.3719, 9.0758)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B72D #2D2FB9

analogous

#B9712D #B9B72D #75B92D

triadic

#B9B72D #2DB9B7 #B72DB9

tetradic

#B9B72D #2DB971 #2D2FB9 #B92D75

square

#B9B72D #2DB971 #2D2FB9 #B92D75

split-complementary

#B9B72D #2D75B9 #712DB9

monochromatic

#575615 #888621 #B9B72D #D4D24F #E0DF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B9B72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B9B72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B72D

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B72D	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)

#C6AF0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.151 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc71',
    500: '#b9b72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b72d;
$custom-light: #d2cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75761,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B72D

secondary

#797AC9

accent

#46E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B72D

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

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