#B9B037#B9B037

#B9B037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B037
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -10.87, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 60.87, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0358 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2240, 41.6422, 9.7433)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B037 #3740B9

analogous

#B96F37 #B9B037 #81B937

triadic

#B9B037 #37B9B0 #B037B9

tetradic

#B9B037 #37B96F #3740B9 #B93781

square

#B9B037 #37B96F #3740B9 #B93781

split-complementary

#B9B037 #3781B9 #6F37B9

monochromatic

#5B561B #8A8329 #B9B037 #CFC75E #DDD88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B9B037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B037

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B037	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c775',
    500: '#b9b037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b037;
$custom-light: #d1c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74303,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B037

secondary

#8489C8

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B037

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

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