#B9B92C#B9B92C

#B9B92C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.153 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B92C
RGB	rgb(185, 185, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -15.97, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 67.90, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0512 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.153 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8126, 45.1952, 9.1141)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B92C #2C2CB9

analogous

#B9732C #B9B92C #73B92C

triadic

#B9B92C #2CB9B9 #B92CB9

tetradic

#B9B92C #2CB973 #2C2CB9 #B92C73

square

#B9B92C #2CB973 #2C2CB9 #B92C73

split-complementary

#B9B92C #2C73B9 #732CB9

monochromatic

#565614 #888820 #B9B92C #D5D54D #E1E17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B9B92C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#B9B92C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B92C

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B92C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B92C	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)

#C8B104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b92c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 185, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.153 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd71',
    500: '#b9b92c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b92c;
$custom-light: #d2cd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b92c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76194,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B92C

secondary

#7878C9

accent

#43E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B92C

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

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