#B9B145#B9B145

#B9B145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.129 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B145
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -10.57, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 55.57, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0335 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.129 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8052, 42.1895, 11.8337)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B145 #454DB9

analogous

#B97745 #B9B145 #87B945

triadic

#B9B145 #45B9B1 #B145B9

tetradic

#B9B145 #45B977 #454DB9 #B94587

square

#B9B145 #45B977 #454DB9 #B94587

split-complementary

#B9B145 #4587B9 #7745B9

monochromatic

#605C24 #8C8634 #B9B145 #CAC471 #DBD69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B9B145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B9B145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B145

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B145	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.129 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87e',
    500: '#b9b145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b145;
$custom-light: #d1c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74637,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B145

secondary

#9396C7

accent

#5BD552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B145

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

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