#B9B038#B9B038

#B9B038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.137 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B038
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -10.81, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 60.49, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0356 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.137 105)
XYZ	xyz(36.2482, 41.6518, 9.8708)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B038 #3841B9

analogous

#B97038 #B9B038 #82B938

triadic

#B9B038 #38B9B0 #B038B9

tetradic

#B9B038 #38B970 #3841B9 #B93882

square

#B9B038 #38B970 #3841B9 #B93882

split-complementary

#B9B038 #3882B9 #7038B9

monochromatic

#5B571C #8A832A #B9B038 #CFC75F #DDD78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B9B038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B038

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B038	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)

#BFAA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.137 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c776',
    500: '#b9b038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b038;
$custom-light: #d1c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7431,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.4165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B038

secondary

#858AC8

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B038

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

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