#B9B92B#B9B92B

#B9B92B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.154 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B92B
RGB	rgb(185, 185, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -16.01, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 68.21, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0514 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.154 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7940, 45.1878, 9.0163)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B92B #2B2BB9

analogous

#B9722B #B9B92B #72B92B

triadic

#B9B92B #2BB9B9 #B92BB9

tetradic

#B9B92B #2BB972 #2B2BB9 #B92B72

square

#B9B92B #2BB972 #2B2BB9 #B92B72

split-complementary

#B9B92B #2B72B9 #722BB9

monochromatic

#565614 #87871F #B9B92B #D5D54C #E1E17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B9B92B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#B9B92B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B92B

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B92B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B92B	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b92b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 185, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.154 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd71',
    500: '#b9b92b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b92b;
$custom-light: #d2cd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b92b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.15353,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B92B

secondary

#7676C9

accent

#42E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B92B

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

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