#B9B231#B9B231

#B9B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.144 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B231
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -12.19, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 63.76, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0401 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4838, 42.3782, 9.1631)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B231 #3138B9

analogous

#B96E31 #B9B231 #7CB931

triadic

#B9B231 #31B9B2 #B231B9

tetradic

#B9B231 #31B96E #3138B9 #B9317C

square

#B9B231 #31B96E #3138B9 #B9317C

split-complementary

#B9B231 #317CB9 #6E31B9

monochromatic

#585517 #898324 #B9B231 #D2CC55 #DFDA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B9B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B231

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B231	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c873',
    500: '#b9b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b231;
$custom-light: #d2c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74695,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B231

secondary

#7D81C8

accent

#4EE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B231

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

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