#B9B132#B9B132

#B9B132 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.142 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B132
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -11.63, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 63.05, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0385 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.142 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3069, 41.9902, 9.2094)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B132 #323AB9

analogous

#B96D32 #B9B132 #7DB932

triadic

#B9B132 #32B9B1 #B132B9

tetradic

#B9B132 #32B96D #323AB9 #B9327D

square

#B9B132 #32B96D #323AB9 #B9327D

split-complementary

#B9B132 #327DB9 #6D32B9

monochromatic

#595518 #898325 #B9B132 #D2CA57 #DFD987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B132 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B9B132 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B132

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B132	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B132	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)

#C0AA1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b132;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.142 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c873',
    500: '#b9b132',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b132;
$custom-light: #d2c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b132",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74484,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B132

secondary

#7F83C8

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B132

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

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