#B9B149#B9B149

#B9B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.125 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B149
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -10.29, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 53.83, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0322 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.125 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9336, 42.2409, 12.5098)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B149 #4951B9

analogous

#B97949 #B9B149 #89B949

triadic

#B9B149 #49B9B1 #B149B9

tetradic

#B9B149 #49B979 #4951B9 #B94989

square

#B9B149 #49B979 #4951B9 #B94989

split-complementary

#B9B149 #4989B9 #7949B9

monochromatic

#625E26 #8E8837 #B9B149 #CAC475 #DBD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B9B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B149

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B149	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)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.125 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c880',
    500: '#b9b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b149;
$custom-light: #d1c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74677,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B149

secondary

#969AC8

accent

#5DD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B149

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

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