#B9B147#B9B147

#B9B147 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B147
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -10.43, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 54.71, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0329 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.127 105)
XYZ	xyz(36.8683, 42.2148, 12.1662)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B147 #474FB9

analogous

#B97847 #B9B147 #88B947

triadic

#B9B147 #47B9B1 #B147B9

tetradic

#B9B147 #47B978 #474FB9 #B94788

square

#B9B147 #47B978 #474FB9 #B94788

split-complementary

#B9B147 #4788B9 #7847B9

monochromatic

#615D25 #8D8736 #B9B147 #CAC473 #DBD7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B9B147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B147

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B147	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#BFAB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87f',
    500: '#b9b147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b147;
$custom-light: #d1c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74657,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.42214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B147

secondary

#9498C7

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B147

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

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