#B9B140#B9B140

#B9B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.133 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B140
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -10.88, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 57.68, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0349 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.133 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6565, 42.1300, 11.0505)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B140 #4048B9

analogous

#B97540 #B9B140 #85B940

triadic

#B9B140 #40B9B1 #B140B9

tetradic

#B9B140 #40B975 #4048B9 #B94085

square

#B9B140 #40B975 #4048B9 #B94085

split-complementary

#B9B140 #4085B9 #7540B9

monochromatic

#5E5A21 #8C8530 #B9B140 #CCC56B #DBD798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B9B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B140

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B140	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.133 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87b',
    500: '#b9b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b140;
$custom-light: #d1c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B140

secondary

#8E91C7

accent

#59D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B140

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

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