#B9B73E#B9B73E

#B9B73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.140 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B73E
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -14.08, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 60.78, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0442 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.14 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8119, 44.5302, 11.1599)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B73E #3E40B9

analogous

#B9793E #B9B73E #7DB93E

triadic

#B9B73E #3EB9B7 #B73EB9

tetradic

#B9B73E #3EB979 #3E40B9 #B93E7D

square

#B9B73E #3EB979 #3E40B9 #B93E7D

split-complementary

#B9B73E #3E7DB9 #793EB9

monochromatic

#5D5C1F #8B8A2F #B9B73E #CCCB68 #DCDB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9B73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#B9B73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B73E

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B73E	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.140 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc7a',
    500: '#b9b73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b73e;
$custom-light: #d1cc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75879,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B73E

secondary

#8C8DC7

accent

#51D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B73E

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

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