#B9B72E#B9B72E

#B9B72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.150 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B72E
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -14.88, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 66.55, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.048 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.15 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4356, 44.3797, 9.1784)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B72E #2E30B9

analogous

#B9722E #B9B72E #75B92E

triadic

#B9B72E #2EB9B7 #B72EB9

tetradic

#B9B72E #2EB972 #2E30B9 #B92E75

square

#B9B72E #2EB972 #2E30B9 #B92E75

split-complementary

#B9B72E #2E75B9 #722EB9

monochromatic

#575616 #888722 #B9B72E #D4D251 #E0DE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B9B72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#B9B72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B72E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B72E	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)

#C6AF0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.150 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc72',
    500: '#b9b72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b72e;
$custom-light: #d2cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75767,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B72E

secondary

#7A7BC9

accent

#47E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B72E

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

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