#B9B033#B9B033

#B9B033 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	#B9B033
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -11.06, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 62.35, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0368 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.141 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1320, 41.6054, 9.2587)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B033 #333CB9

analogous

#B96D33 #B9B033 #7FB933

triadic

#B9B033 #33B9B0 #B033B9

tetradic

#B9B033 #33B96D #333CB9 #B9337F

square

#B9B033 #33B96D #333CB9 #B9337F

split-complementary

#B9B033 #337FB9 #6D33B9

monochromatic

#595519 #898226 #B9B033 #D1C958 #DED888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B9B033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B033

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B033	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)

#C0AA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.141 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c773',
    500: '#b9b033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b033;
$custom-light: #d2c773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74274,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B033

secondary

#8085C8

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B033

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

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