#B9B032#B9B032

#B9B032 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.141 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B032
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -11.11, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 62.71, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.037 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.141 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1101, 41.5966, 9.1438)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B032 #323BB9

analogous

#B96C32 #B9B032 #7EB932

triadic

#B9B032 #32B9B0 #B032B9

tetradic

#B9B032 #32B96C #323BB9 #B9327E

square

#B9B032 #32B96C #323BB9 #B9327E

split-complementary

#B9B032 #327EB9 #6C32B9

monochromatic

#595418 #898225 #B9B032 #D2C957 #DFD987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B9B032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B032

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B032	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)

#C0AA1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.141 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c773',
    500: '#b9b032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b032;
$custom-light: #d2c773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74267,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B032

secondary

#7F83C8

accent

#51E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B032

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

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