#B9B73C#B9B73C

#B9B73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.141 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B73C
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -14.20, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 61.56, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0447 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.141 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7580, 44.5087, 10.8762)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B73C #3C3EB9

analogous

#B9783C #B9B73C #7CB93C

triadic

#B9B73C #3CB9B7 #B73CB9

tetradic

#B9B73C #3CB978 #3C3EB9 #B93C7C

square

#B9B73C #3CB978 #3C3EB9 #B93C7C

split-complementary

#B9B73C #3C7CB9 #783CB9

monochromatic

#5D5C1E #8B892D #B9B73C #CDCB65 #DCDB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9B73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B9B73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B73C

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B73C	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)

#C6B02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.141 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc79',
    500: '#b9b73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b73c;
$custom-light: #d1cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75863,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B73C

secondary

#898AC7

accent

#50DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B73C

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

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