#B9B83A#B9B83A

#B9B83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.144 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B83A
RGB	rgb(185, 184, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -14.81, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 62.71, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0466 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.144 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9131, 44.9019, 10.6720)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B83A #3A3BB9

analogous

#B9793A #B9B83A #7AB93A

triadic

#B9B83A #3AB9B8 #B83AB9

tetradic

#B9B83A #3AB979 #3A3BB9 #B93A7A

square

#B9B83A #3AB979 #3A3BB9 #B93A7A

split-complementary

#B9B83A #3A7AB9 #793AB9

monochromatic

#5C5B1D #8A8A2B #B9B83A #CECD62 #DCDC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B9B83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#B9B83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B83A

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B83A	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 184, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.144 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd78',
    500: '#b9b83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b83a;
$custom-light: #d1cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76066,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B83A

secondary

#8788C7

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B83A

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

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