#B9B333#B9B333

#B9B333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.143 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B333
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -12.61, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 63.41, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0411 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.143 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7267, 42.7948, 9.4569)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B333 #3339B9

analogous

#B97033 #B9B333 #7CB933

triadic

#B9B333 #33B9B3 #B333B9

tetradic

#B9B333 #33B970 #3339B9 #B9337C

square

#B9B333 #33B970 #3339B9 #B9337C

split-complementary

#B9B333 #337CB9 #7033B9

monochromatic

#595619 #898526 #B9B333 #D1CC58 #DEDA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B9B333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B333

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B333	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)

#C2AC1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.143 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c974',
    500: '#b9b333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b333;
$custom-light: #d2c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B333

secondary

#8083C8

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B333

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →