#B9B236#B9B236

#B9B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.141 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B236
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -11.95, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 61.96, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.039 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.141 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5953, 42.4227, 9.7500)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B236 #363DB9

analogous

#B97136 #B9B236 #7FB936

triadic

#B9B236 #36B9B2 #B236B9

tetradic

#B9B236 #36B971 #363DB9 #B9367F

square

#B9B236 #36B971 #363DB9 #B9367F

split-complementary

#B9B236 #367FB9 #7136B9

monochromatic

#5A571A #8A8428 #B9B236 #D0C95D #DDD98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B9B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B9B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B236

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B236	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#C1AB21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.141 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c875',
    500: '#b9b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b236;
$custom-light: #d1c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74729,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B236

secondary

#8387C8

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B236

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

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