#B9B230#B9B230

#B9B230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.144 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B230
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -12.23, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 64.10, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0404 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.144 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4630, 42.3698, 9.0532)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B230 #3037B9

analogous

#B96D30 #B9B230 #7BB930

triadic

#B9B230 #30B9B2 #B230B9

tetradic

#B9B230 #30B96D #3037B9 #B9307B

square

#B9B230 #30B96D #3037B9 #B9307B

split-complementary

#B9B230 #307BB9 #6D30B9

monochromatic

#585417 #888323 #B9B230 #D3CC54 #DFDB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B9B230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B230

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B230	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)

#C2AB16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.144 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c872',
    500: '#b9b230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b230;
$custom-light: #d2c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74688,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B230

secondary

#7C80C9

accent

#4EE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B230

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

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