#B9B77C#B9B77C

#B9B77C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.078 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B77C
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 124)
HSL	hsl(58, 30%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 33%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -8.46, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 31.48, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0222 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.078 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5795, 45.6373, 25.7361)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B77C #7C7EB9

analogous

#B9987C #B9B77C #9CB97C

triadic

#B9B77C #7CB9B7 #B77CB9

tetradic

#B9B77C #7CB998 #7C7EB9 #B97C9C

square

#B9B77C #7CB998 #7C7EB9 #B97C9C

split-complementary

#B9B77C #7C9CB9 #987CB9

monochromatic

#7A7841 #A29F56 #B9B77C #CECDA4 #E4E3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B9B77C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#B9B77C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B77C

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B77C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B77C	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b77c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.078 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcca2',
    500: '#b9b77c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b77c;
$custom-light: #cfcca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b77c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 30.348,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76694,
    "c": 0.0784,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B77C

secondary

#BDBED4

accent

#40A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B77C

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

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