#B9B148#B9B148

#B9B148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.126 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B148
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -10.36, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 54.27, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0326 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.126 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9007, 42.2277, 12.3366)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B148 #4850B9

analogous

#B97848 #B9B148 #89B948

triadic

#B9B148 #48B9B1 #B148B9

tetradic

#B9B148 #48B978 #4850B9 #B94889

square

#B9B148 #48B978 #4850B9 #B94889

split-complementary

#B9B148 #4889B9 #7848B9

monochromatic

#615D25 #8E8736 #B9B148 #CAC474 #DBD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B9B148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B148

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B148	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.126 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87f',
    500: '#b9b148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b148;
$custom-light: #d1c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74667,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B148

secondary

#9599C8

accent

#5DD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B148

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

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