#B9B238#B9B238

#B9B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.139 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B238
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -11.85, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 61.22, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0385 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.139 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6432, 42.4419, 10.0025)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B238 #383FB9

analogous

#B97138 #B9B238 #80B938

triadic

#B9B238 #38B9B2 #B238B9

tetradic

#B9B238 #38B971 #383FB9 #B93880

square

#B9B238 #38B971 #383FB9 #B93880

split-complementary

#B9B238 #3880B9 #7138B9

monochromatic

#5B581C #8A852A #B9B238 #CFC95F #DDD98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B9B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B9B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B238

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B238	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)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.139 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c876',
    500: '#b9b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b238;
$custom-light: #d1c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74744,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B238

secondary

#8589C8

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B238

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

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