#B9B040#B9B040

#B9B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.132 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B040
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -10.36, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 57.30, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0334 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.132 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4597, 41.7365, 10.9849)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B040 #4049B9

analogous

#B97440 #B9B040 #86B940

triadic

#B9B040 #40B9B0 #B040B9

tetradic

#B9B040 #40B974 #4049B9 #B94086

square

#B9B040 #40B974 #4049B9 #B94086

split-complementary

#B9B040 #4086B9 #7440B9

monochromatic

#5E5921 #8C8530 #B9B040 #CCC46B #DBD698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B9B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B9B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B040

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B040	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.132 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c77b',
    500: '#b9b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b040;
$custom-light: #d1c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74376,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B040

secondary

#8E92C7

accent

#5AD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B040

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

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