#B9B73D#B9B73D

#B9B73D 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	#B9B73D
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -14.14, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 61.18, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0445 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.141 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7847, 44.5193, 11.0167)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B73D #3D3FB9

analogous

#B9793D #B9B73D #7DB93D

triadic

#B9B73D #3DB9B7 #B73DB9

tetradic

#B9B73D #3DB979 #3D3FB9 #B93D7D

square

#B9B73D #3DB979 #3D3FB9 #B93D7D

split-complementary

#B9B73D #3D7DB9 #793DB9

monochromatic

#5D5C1F #8B892E #B9B73D #CDCB66 #DCDB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9B73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B9B73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B73D

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B73D	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)

#C6B02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.141 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc79',
    500: '#b9b73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b73d;
$custom-light: #d1cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75871,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B73D

secondary

#8B8BC7

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B73D

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

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