#B9B92E#B9B92E

#B9B92E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.152 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B92E
RGB	rgb(185, 185, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -15.89, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 67.27, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0508 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.152 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8511, 45.2106, 9.3169)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B92E #2E2EB9

analogous

#B9732E #B9B92E #73B92E

triadic

#B9B92E #2EB9B9 #B92EB9

tetradic

#B9B92E #2EB973 #2E2EB9 #B92E73

square

#B9B92E #2EB973 #2E2EB9 #B92E73

split-complementary

#B9B92E #2E73B9 #732EB9

monochromatic

#575716 #888822 #B9B92E #D4D451 #E0E082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B9B92E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#B9B92E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B92E

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B92E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B92E	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)

#C8B10C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b92e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 185, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.152 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd72',
    500: '#b9b92e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b92e;
$custom-light: #d2cd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b92e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76205,
    "c": 0.15199,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B92E

secondary

#7A7AC9

accent

#44E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B92E

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

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