#B9B130#B9B130

#B9B130 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.143 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B130
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -11.72, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 63.75, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0389 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.143 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2647, 41.9733, 8.9871)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B130 #3038B9

analogous

#B96C30 #B9B130 #7DB930

triadic

#B9B130 #30B9B1 #B130B9

tetradic

#B9B130 #30B96C #3038B9 #B9307D

square

#B9B130 #30B96C #3038B9 #B9307D

split-complementary

#B9B130 #307DB9 #6C30B9

monochromatic

#585417 #888323 #B9B130 #D3CB54 #DFDA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B9B130 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B9B130 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B130

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B130	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B130	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b130;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.143 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c872',
    500: '#b9b130',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b130;
$custom-light: #d2c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b130",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74471,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B130

secondary

#7C81C9

accent

#4FE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B130

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

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