#B9B82C#B9B82C

#B9B82C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.152 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B82C
RGB	rgb(185, 184, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -15.47, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 67.54, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0498 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.152 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6041, 44.7783, 9.0446)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B82C #2C2DB9

analogous

#B9712C #B9B82C #74B92C

triadic

#B9B82C #2CB9B8 #B82CB9

tetradic

#B9B82C #2CB971 #2C2DB9 #B92C74

square

#B9B82C #2CB971 #2C2DB9 #B92C74

split-complementary

#B9B82C #2C74B9 #712CB9

monochromatic

#565614 #888720 #B9B82C #D5D44D #E1E07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B9B82C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#B9B82C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B82C

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B82C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B82C	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)

#C7B005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b82c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 184, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.152 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd71',
    500: '#b9b82c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b82c;
$custom-light: #d2cd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b82c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75975,
    "c": 0.15206,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B82C

secondary

#7878C9

accent

#44E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B82C

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

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