#B9B13B#B9B13B

#B9B13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.136 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B13B
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -11.17, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 59.69, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0363 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.136 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5206, 42.0757, 10.3345)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B13B #3B43B9

analogous

#B9723B #B9B13B #82B93B

triadic

#B9B13B #3BB9B1 #B13BB9

tetradic

#B9B13B #3BB972 #3B43B9 #B93B82

square

#B9B13B #3BB972 #3B43B9 #B93B82

split-complementary

#B9B13B #3B82B9 #723BB9

monochromatic

#5C581D #8B852C #B9B13B #CDC764 #DCD892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B9B13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B13B

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B13B	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)

#C0AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.136 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c878',
    500: '#b9b13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b13b;
$custom-light: #d1c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B13B

secondary

#888CC7

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B13B

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

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