#B9B047#B9B047

#B9B047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.126 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B047
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 61.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -9.91, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 54.32, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0314 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.126 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6716, 41.8212, 12.1006)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B047 #4750B9

analogous

#B97747 #B9B047 #89B947

triadic

#B9B047 #47B9B0 #B047B9

tetradic

#B9B047 #47B977 #4750B9 #B94789

square

#B9B047 #47B977 #4750B9 #B94789

split-complementary

#B9B047 #4789B9 #7747B9

monochromatic

#615C25 #8D8636 #B9B047 #CAC373 #DBD6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B9B047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B9B047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B047

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B047	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.126 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c77f',
    500: '#b9b047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b047;
$custom-light: #d1c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74441,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B047

secondary

#9498C7

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B047

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →