#B9B76E#B9B76E

#B9B76E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.095 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B76E
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 110)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 40.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -10.10, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 38.67, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0279 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.095 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7562, 45.3079, 21.3999)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B76E #6E70B9

analogous

#B9916E #B9B76E #95B96E

triadic

#B9B76E #6EB9B7 #B76EB9

tetradic

#B9B76E #6EB991 #6E70B9 #B96E95

square

#B9B76E #6EB991 #6E70B9 #B96E95

split-complementary

#B9B76E #6E95B9 #916EB9

monochromatic

#747338 #9E9C4C #B9B76E #CDCB97 #E1E0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B9B76E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#B9B76E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B76E

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B76E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B76E	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b76e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.095 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcc99',
    500: '#b9b76e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b76e;
$custom-light: #cfcc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b76e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.4,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76452,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B76E

secondary

#B2B3D0

accent

#60CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B76E

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

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