#B9B243#B9B243

#B9B243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.131 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B243
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 63.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -11.21, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 56.81, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0355 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.131 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9424, 42.5616, 11.5783)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B243 #434AB9

analogous

#B97743 #B9B243 #85B943

triadic

#B9B243 #43B9B2 #B243B9

tetradic

#B9B243 #43B977 #434AB9 #B94385

square

#B9B243 #43B977 #434AB9 #B94385

split-complementary

#B9B243 #4385B9 #7743B9

monochromatic

#5F5C22 #8C8733 #B9B243 #CBC56F #DBD79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B9B243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#B9B243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B243

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B243	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)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.131 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87c',
    500: '#b9b243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b243;
$custom-light: #d1c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74835,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B243

secondary

#9194C7

accent

#59D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B243

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

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