#B9B139#B9B139

#B9B139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.138 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B139
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -11.28, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 60.47, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0368 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4697, 42.0553, 10.0665)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B139 #3941B9

analogous

#B97139 #B9B139 #81B939

triadic

#B9B139 #39B9B1 #B139B9

tetradic

#B9B139 #39B971 #3941B9 #B93981

square

#B9B139 #39B971 #3941B9 #B93981

split-complementary

#B9B139 #3981B9 #7139B9

monochromatic

#5B571C #8A842B #B9B139 #CEC761 #DDD890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B9B139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B139

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B139	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)

#C0AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c877',
    500: '#b9b139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b139;
$custom-light: #d1c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74534,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B139

secondary

#868AC8

accent

#55DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B139

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

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