#B9B134#B9B134

#B9B134 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	#B9B134
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -11.53, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 62.34, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.038 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3510, 42.0079, 9.4417)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B134 #343CB9

analogous

#B96F34 #B9B134 #7FB934

triadic

#B9B134 #34B9B1 #B134B9

tetradic

#B9B134 #34B96F #343CB9 #B9347F

square

#B9B134 #34B96F #343CB9 #B9347F

split-complementary

#B9B134 #347FB9 #6F34B9

monochromatic

#595619 #898327 #B9B134 #D1C95A #DED989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B134 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B9B134 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B134

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B134	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B134	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)

#C0AB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b134;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c874',
    500: '#b9b134',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b134;
$custom-light: #d2c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b134",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74498,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B134

secondary

#8185C8

accent

#51DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B134

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

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