#B9B133#B9B133

#B9B133 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.141 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B133
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -11.58, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 62.70, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0382 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3287, 41.9989, 9.3243)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B133 #333BB9

analogous

#B96E33 #B9B133 #7EB933

triadic

#B9B133 #33B9B1 #B133B9

tetradic

#B9B133 #33B96E #333BB9 #B9337E

square

#B9B133 #33B96E #333BB9 #B9337E

split-complementary

#B9B133 #337EB9 #6E33B9

monochromatic

#595519 #898326 #B9B133 #D1CA58 #DED988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B133 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B9B133 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B133

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B133	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B133	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)

#C0AA1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b133;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c874',
    500: '#b9b133',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b133;
$custom-light: #d2c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b133",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74491,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B133

secondary

#8084C8

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B133

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

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