#B9B249#B9B249

#B9B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.126 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B249
RGB	rgb(185, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -10.81, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 54.22, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0337 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.126 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1318, 42.6374, 12.5759)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B249 #4950B9

analogous

#B97A49 #B9B249 #88B949

triadic

#B9B249 #49B9B2 #B249B9

tetradic

#B9B249 #49B97A #4950B9 #B94988

square

#B9B249 #49B97A #4950B9 #B94988

split-complementary

#B9B249 #4988B9 #7A49B9

monochromatic

#625E26 #8E8937 #B9B249 #CAC575 #DBD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B9B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B249

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B249	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.126 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c880',
    500: '#b9b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b249;
$custom-light: #d1c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74893,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B249

secondary

#9699C8

accent

#5CD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B249

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

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