#B9B131#B9B131

#B9B131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B131
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -11.67, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 63.41, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0387 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2856, 41.9817, 9.0971)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B131 #3139B9

analogous

#B96D31 #B9B131 #7DB931

triadic

#B9B131 #31B9B1 #B131B9

tetradic

#B9B131 #31B96D #3139B9 #B9317D

square

#B9B131 #31B96D #3139B9 #B9317D

split-complementary

#B9B131 #317DB9 #6D31B9

monochromatic

#585417 #898324 #B9B131 #D2CB55 #DFDA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B9B131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B131

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B131	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c873',
    500: '#b9b131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b131;
$custom-light: #d2c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74478,
    "c": 0.14268,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B131

secondary

#7D82C8

accent

#50E146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B131

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

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