#B9B83D#B9B83D
#B9B83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.142 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B9B83D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(185, 184, 61) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 50%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 67%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67%, 27.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.85, -14.65, 59.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.85, 61.57, 103.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.09% -0.0459 0.1341) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.09% 0.142 108.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.9917, 44.9333, 11.0857) |
| Luminance | 0.4493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.16
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.38
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.42
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.49
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.95
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 5.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B9B83D #3D3EB9
analogous
#B97A3D #B9B83D #7CB93D
triadic
#B9B83D #3DB9B8 #B83DB9
tetradic
#B9B83D #3DB97A #3D3EB9 #B93D7C
square
#B9B83D #3DB97A #3D3EB9 #B93D7C
split-complementary
#B9B83D #3D7CB9 #7A3DB9
monochromatic
#5D5C1F #8B8A2E #B9B83D #CDCC66 #DCDB95
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#B9B83D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.99
#B9B83D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B9B83D
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B9B83D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B9B83D | 1.00 | 2.10 | 9.99 | 9.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.10 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B12B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B545
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6AC9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b9b83d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 184, 61); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.142 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1cd7a',
500: '#b9b83d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b9b83d; $custom-light: #d1cd7a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b9b83d",
"rgb": {
"r": 185,
"g": 184,
"b": 61
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.516,
"s": 50.407,
"l": 48.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76089,
"c": 0.14173,
"h": 108.9
},
"luminance": 0.44932
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B9B83D
secondary
#8B8BC7
accent
#4FDA4E
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8EE
border
#D3D1C9
text
#14130A
muted
#83827C