#B9B93B#B9B93B

#B9B93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.144 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B93B
RGB	rgb(185, 185, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -15.27, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 62.72, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0478 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.144 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1473, 45.3291, 10.8767)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B93B #3B3BB9

analogous

#B97A3B #B9B93B #7AB93B

triadic

#B9B93B #3BB9B9 #B93BB9

tetradic

#B9B93B #3BB97A #3B3BB9 #B93B7A

square

#B9B93B #3BB97A #3B3BB9 #B93B7A

split-complementary

#B9B93B #3B7AB9 #7A3BB9

monochromatic

#5C5C1D #8B8B2C #B9B93B #CDCD64 #DCDC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B9B93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#B9B93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B93B

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B93B	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 185, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.144 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd79',
    500: '#b9b93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b93b;
$custom-light: #d1cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76292,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B93B

secondary

#8888C7

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B93B

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

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