#B9B330#B9B330

#B9B330 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B330
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -12.75, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 64.45, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0418 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6627, 42.7692, 9.1198)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B330 #3036B9

analogous

#B96E30 #B9B330 #7AB930

triadic

#B9B330 #30B9B3 #B330B9

tetradic

#B9B330 #30B96E #3036B9 #B9307A

square

#B9B330 #30B96E #3036B9 #B9307A

split-complementary

#B9B330 #307AB9 #6E30B9

monochromatic

#585517 #888423 #B9B330 #D3CD54 #DFDB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B9B330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B330

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B330	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c972',
    500: '#b9b330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b330;
$custom-light: #d2c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74906,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B330

secondary

#7C80C9

accent

#4DE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B330

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

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