#B9B237#B9B237

#B9B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.140 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B237
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -11.90, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 61.59, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0387 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.14 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6190, 42.4322, 9.8750)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B237 #373EB9

analogous

#B97137 #B9B237 #7FB937

triadic

#B9B237 #37B9B2 #B237B9

tetradic

#B9B237 #37B971 #373EB9 #B9377F

square

#B9B237 #37B971 #373EB9 #B9377F

split-complementary

#B9B237 #377FB9 #7137B9

monochromatic

#5B571B #8A8529 #B9B237 #CFC95E #DDD98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B9B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B9B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B237

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B237	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.140 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c876',
    500: '#b9b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b237;
$custom-light: #d1c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74736,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B237

secondary

#8488C8

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B237

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

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