#B9B137#B9B137

#B9B137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.139 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B137
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -11.38, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 61.23, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0373 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.139 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4208, 42.0357, 9.8089)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B137 #373FB9

analogous

#B97037 #B9B137 #80B937

triadic

#B9B137 #37B9B1 #B137B9

tetradic

#B9B137 #37B970 #373FB9 #B93780

square

#B9B137 #37B970 #373FB9 #B93780

split-complementary

#B9B137 #3780B9 #7037B9

monochromatic

#5B571B #8A8429 #B9B137 #CFC85E #DDD88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B9B137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B137

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B137	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.139 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c876',
    500: '#b9b137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b137;
$custom-light: #d1c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74519,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B137

secondary

#8488C8

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B137

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

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