#B9B82B#B9B82B

#B9B82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.153 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B82B
RGB	rgb(185, 184, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -15.50, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 67.85, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.05 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.153 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5856, 44.7709, 8.9468)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B82B #2B2CB9

analogous

#B9712B #B9B82B #73B92B

triadic

#B9B82B #2BB9B8 #B82BB9

tetradic

#B9B82B #2BB971 #2B2CB9 #B92B73

square

#B9B82B #2BB971 #2B2CB9 #B92B73

split-complementary

#B9B82B #2B73B9 #712BB9

monochromatic

#565514 #87871F #B9B82B #D5D44C #E1E07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B9B82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B9B82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B82B

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B82B	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 184, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.153 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd70',
    500: '#b9b82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b82b;
$custom-light: #d2cd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75969,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B82B

secondary

#7677C9

accent

#44E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B82B

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

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