#B9B030#B9B030

#B9B030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.142 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B030
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -11.20, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 63.41, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0375 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.142 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0679, 41.5797, 8.9215)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B030 #3039B9

analogous

#B96B30 #B9B030 #7EB930

triadic

#B9B030 #30B9B0 #B030B9

tetradic

#B9B030 #30B96B #3039B9 #B9307E

square

#B9B030 #30B96B #3039B9 #B9307E

split-complementary

#B9B030 #307EB9 #6B30B9

monochromatic

#585417 #888223 #B9B030 #D3CA54 #DFD984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B9B030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B030

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B030	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.142 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c772',
    500: '#b9b030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b030;
$custom-light: #d2c772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74254,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B030

secondary

#7C81C9

accent

#50E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B030

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

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