#B9B239#B9B239

#B9B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.139 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B239
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -11.79, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 60.83, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0382 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.139 106)
XYZ	xyz(36.6679, 42.4518, 10.1326)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B239 #3940B9

analogous

#B97239 #B9B239 #80B939

triadic

#B9B239 #39B9B2 #B239B9

tetradic

#B9B239 #39B972 #3940B9 #B93980

square

#B9B239 #39B972 #3940B9 #B93980

split-complementary

#B9B239 #3980B9 #7239B9

monochromatic

#5B581C #8A852B #B9B239 #CEC861 #DDD890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B9B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B9B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B239

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B239	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)

#C1AB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.139 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c877',
    500: '#b9b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b239;
$custom-light: #d1c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74751,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.4245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B239

secondary

#868AC8

accent

#53DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B239

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

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