#B9B233#B9B233

#B9B233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.142 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B233
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -12.09, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 63.05, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0397 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.142 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5270, 42.3954, 9.3904)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B233 #333AB9

analogous

#B96F33 #B9B233 #7DB933

triadic

#B9B233 #33B9B2 #B233B9

tetradic

#B9B233 #33B96F #333AB9 #B9337D

square

#B9B233 #33B96F #333AB9 #B9337D

split-complementary

#B9B233 #337DB9 #6F33B9

monochromatic

#595619 #898426 #B9B233 #D1CB58 #DEDA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B9B233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B233

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B233	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)

#C1AB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.142 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c874',
    500: '#b9b233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b233;
$custom-light: #d2c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74708,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B233

secondary

#8083C8

accent

#50E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B233

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

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