#B9B332#B9B332

#B9B332 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.144 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B332
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -12.66, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 63.76, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0414 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7049, 42.7861, 9.3421)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B332 #3238B9

analogous

#B96F32 #B9B332 #7BB932

triadic

#B9B332 #32B9B3 #B332B9

tetradic

#B9B332 #32B96F #3238B9 #B9327B

square

#B9B332 #32B96F #3238B9 #B9327B

split-complementary

#B9B332 #327BB9 #6F32B9

monochromatic

#595618 #898425 #B9B332 #D2CC57 #DFDB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B332 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B9B332 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B332

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B332	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B332	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)

#C2AC19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b332;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c973',
    500: '#b9b332',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b332;
$custom-light: #d2c973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b332",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74919,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B332

secondary

#7F82C8

accent

#4EE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B332

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

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