#B9B73A#B9B73A

#B9B73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.143 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B73A
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -14.31, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 62.33, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0452 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.143 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7061, 44.4879, 10.6030)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B73A #3A3CB9

analogous

#B9773A #B9B73A #7CB93A

triadic

#B9B73A #3AB9B7 #B73AB9

tetradic

#B9B73A #3AB977 #3A3CB9 #B93A7C

square

#B9B73A #3AB977 #3A3CB9 #B93A7C

split-complementary

#B9B73A #3A7CB9 #773AB9

monochromatic

#5C5B1D #8A892B #B9B73A #CECC62 #DCDB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9B73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B9B73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B73A

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B73A	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.143 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc78',
    500: '#b9b73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b73a;
$custom-light: #d1cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75847,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B73A

secondary

#8788C7

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B73A

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

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