#B9B031#B9B031

#B9B031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.142 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B031
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -11.15, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 63.06, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0373 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0888, 41.5881, 9.0315)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B031 #313AB9

analogous

#B96C31 #B9B031 #7EB931

triadic

#B9B031 #31B9B0 #B031B9

tetradic

#B9B031 #31B96C #313AB9 #B9317E

square

#B9B031 #31B96C #313AB9 #B9317E

split-complementary

#B9B031 #317EB9 #6C31B9

monochromatic

#585417 #898224 #B9B031 #D2CA55 #DFD986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B9B031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B031

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B031	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)

#C0AA19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c772',
    500: '#b9b031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b031;
$custom-light: #d2c772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74261,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B031

secondary

#7D82C8

accent

#51E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B031

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

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