#B9B84F#B9B84F

#B9B84F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B84F
RGB	rgb(185, 184, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -13.47, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 54.01, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0406 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.127 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5605, 45.1608, 14.0813)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B84F #4F50B9

analogous

#B9834F #B9B84F #85B94F

triadic

#B9B84F #4FB9B8 #B84FB9

tetradic

#B9B84F #4FB983 #4F50B9 #B94F85

square

#B9B84F #4FB983 #4F50B9 #B94F85

split-complementary

#B9B84F #4F85B9 #834FB9

monochromatic

#656528 #91903A #B9B84F #CACA7B #DCDBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B9B84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#B9B84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B84F

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B84F	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 184, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cd84',
    500: '#b9b84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b84f;
$custom-light: #d0cd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76256,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B84F

secondary

#9B9BC9

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B84F

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

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