#B9B136#B9B136

#B9B136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.140 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B136
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -11.43, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 61.60, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0375 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.14 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3970, 42.0263, 9.6840)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B136 #363EB9

analogous

#B97036 #B9B136 #80B936

triadic

#B9B136 #36B9B1 #B136B9

tetradic

#B9B136 #36B970 #363EB9 #B93680

square

#B9B136 #36B970 #363EB9 #B93680

split-complementary

#B9B136 #3680B9 #7036B9

monochromatic

#5A561A #8A8428 #B9B136 #D0C95D #DDD88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B9B136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B136

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B136	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)

#C0AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.140 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c875',
    500: '#b9b136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b136;
$custom-light: #d1c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74512,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B136

secondary

#8387C8

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B136

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

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