#B9B331#B9B331

#B9B331 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 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B331
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -12.70, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 64.11, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0416 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6835, 42.7775, 9.2297)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B331 #3137B9

analogous

#B96F31 #B9B331 #7BB931

triadic

#B9B331 #31B9B3 #B331B9

tetradic

#B9B331 #31B96F #3137B9 #B9317B

square

#B9B331 #31B96F #3137B9 #B9317B

split-complementary

#B9B331 #317BB9 #6F31B9

monochromatic

#585517 #898424 #B9B331 #D2CD55 #DFDB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B9B331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B331

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B331	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c973',
    500: '#b9b331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b331;
$custom-light: #d2c973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74912,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B331

secondary

#7D81C8

accent

#4DE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B331

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

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