#B9B752#B9B752

#B9B752 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.124 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B752
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 55.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -12.72, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 52.23, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0382 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.124 108)
XYZ	xyz(38.4651, 44.7915, 14.6004)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B752 #5254B9

analogous

#B98452 #B9B752 #88B952

triadic

#B9B752 #52B9B7 #B752B9

tetradic

#B9B752 #52B984 #5254B9 #B95288

square

#B9B752 #52B984 #5254B9 #B95288

split-complementary

#B9B752 #5288B9 #8452B9

monochromatic

#67662A #93913B #B9B752 #CBC97E #DCDBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B9B752 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#B9B752 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B752

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B752	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B752	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b752;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.124 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cc86',
    500: '#b9b752',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b752;
$custom-light: #d0cc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b752",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76072,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.4479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B752

secondary

#9D9ECA

accent

#58D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B752

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

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