#B9B03B#B9B03B

#B9B03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.135 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B03B
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -10.65, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 59.33, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0348 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3238, 41.6821, 10.2689)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B03B #3B44B9

analogous

#B9713B #B9B03B #83B93B

triadic

#B9B03B #3BB9B0 #B03BB9

tetradic

#B9B03B #3BB971 #3B44B9 #B93B83

square

#B9B03B #3BB971 #3B44B9 #B93B83

split-complementary

#B9B03B #3B83B9 #713BB9

monochromatic

#5C581D #8B842C #B9B03B #CDC664 #DCD792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B9B03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B03B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B03B	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c778',
    500: '#b9b03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b03b;
$custom-light: #d1c778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74334,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B03B

secondary

#888DC7

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B03B

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

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