#B9B234#B9B234

#B9B234 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	#B9B234
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -12.05, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 62.69, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0395 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.142 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5493, 42.4043, 9.5078)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B234 #343BB9

analogous

#B97034 #B9B234 #7EB934

triadic

#B9B234 #34B9B2 #B234B9

tetradic

#B9B234 #34B970 #343BB9 #B9347E

square

#B9B234 #34B970 #343BB9 #B9347E

split-complementary

#B9B234 #347EB9 #7034B9

monochromatic

#595619 #898427 #B9B234 #D1CA5A #DEDA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B9B234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B234

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B234	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)

#C1AB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.142 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c874',
    500: '#b9b234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b234;
$custom-light: #d2c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74715,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B234

secondary

#8185C8

accent

#50DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B234

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

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