#B9B82E#B9B82E

#B9B82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.151 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B82E
RGB	rgb(185, 184, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -15.38, 65.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 66.91, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0494 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.151 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6426, 44.7937, 9.2474)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B82E #2E2FB9

analogous

#B9722E #B9B82E #75B92E

triadic

#B9B82E #2EB9B8 #B82EB9

tetradic

#B9B82E #2EB972 #2E2FB9 #B92E75

square

#B9B82E #2EB972 #2E2FB9 #B92E75

split-complementary

#B9B82E #2E75B9 #722EB9

monochromatic

#575716 #888722 #B9B82E #D4D351 #E0DF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B9B82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#B9B82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B82E

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B82E	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)

#C7B00C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 184, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.151 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd72',
    500: '#b9b82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b82e;
$custom-light: #d2cd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75986,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B82E

secondary

#7A7BC9

accent

#46E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B82E

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

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