#B9B72F#B9B72F

#B9B72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.149 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B72F
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -14.83, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 66.22, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0477 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.149 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4556, 44.3877, 9.2834)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B72F #2F31B9

analogous

#B9722F #B9B72F #76B92F

triadic

#B9B72F #2FB9B7 #B72FB9

tetradic

#B9B72F #2FB972 #2F31B9 #B92F76

square

#B9B72F #2FB972 #2F31B9 #B92F76

split-complementary

#B9B72F #2F76B9 #722FB9

monochromatic

#575616 #888723 #B9B72F #D3D152 #DFDE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B9B72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#B9B72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B72F

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B72F	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)

#C6AF10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.149 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc72',
    500: '#b9b72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b72f;
$custom-light: #d2cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B72F

secondary

#7B7CC9

accent

#47E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B72F

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

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