#B9B035#B9B035

#B9B035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.139 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B035
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -10.97, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 61.62, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0363 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1770, 41.6234, 9.4960)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B035 #353EB9

analogous

#B96E35 #B9B035 #80B935

triadic

#B9B035 #35B9B0 #B035B9

tetradic

#B9B035 #35B96E #353EB9 #B93580

square

#B9B035 #35B96E #353EB9 #B93580

split-complementary

#B9B035 #3580B9 #6E35B9

monochromatic

#5A551A #898327 #B9B035 #D0C85B #DED88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B9B035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B035

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B035	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)

#BFAA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c774',
    500: '#b9b035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b035;
$custom-light: #d2c774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74288,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B035

secondary

#8287C8

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B035

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →