#B9B242#B9B242

#B9B242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.132 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B242
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -11.27, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 57.23, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0358 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.132 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9127, 42.5497, 11.4217)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B242 #4249B9

analogous

#B97742 #B9B242 #84B942

triadic

#B9B242 #42B9B2 #B242B9

tetradic

#B9B242 #42B977 #4249B9 #B94284

square

#B9B242 #42B977 #4249B9 #B94284

split-complementary

#B9B242 #4284B9 #7742B9

monochromatic

#5F5B22 #8C8732 #B9B242 #CBC56D #DBD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B9B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#B9B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B242

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B242	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.132 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87c',
    500: '#b9b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b242;
$custom-light: #d1c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74826,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B242

secondary

#9093C7

accent

#59D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B242

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

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