#B9B151#B9B151

#B9B151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B151
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -9.70, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 50.20, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0296 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.118 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2161, 42.3539, 13.9977)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B151 #5159B9

analogous

#B97D51 #B9B151 #8DB951

triadic

#B9B151 #51B9B1 #B151B9

tetradic

#B9B151 #51B97D #5159B9 #B9518D

square

#B9B151 #51B97D #5159B9 #B9518D

split-complementary

#B9B151 #518DB9 #7D51B9

monochromatic

#666229 #928B3B #B9B151 #CBC57D #DCD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B9B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B151

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B151	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c885',
    500: '#b9b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b151;
$custom-light: #d0c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74763,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B151

secondary

#9CA0CA

accent

#5FD255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B151

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

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