#B9B142#B9B142

#B9B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.131 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B142
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -10.76, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 56.85, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0343 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.131 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7144, 42.1532, 11.3556)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B142 #424AB9

analogous

#B97642 #B9B142 #86B942

triadic

#B9B142 #42B9B1 #B142B9

tetradic

#B9B142 #42B976 #424AB9 #B94286

square

#B9B142 #42B976 #424AB9 #B94286

split-complementary

#B9B142 #4286B9 #7642B9

monochromatic

#5F5B22 #8C8632 #B9B142 #CBC56D #DBD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B9B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B142

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B142	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)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.131 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87c',
    500: '#b9b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b142;
$custom-light: #d1c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7461,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B142

secondary

#9093C7

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B142

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

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