#B9B336#B9B336

#B9B336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.141 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B336
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -12.46, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 62.33, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0404 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7950, 42.8221, 9.8166)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B336 #363CB9

analogous

#B97236 #B9B336 #7EB936

triadic

#B9B336 #36B9B3 #B336B9

tetradic

#B9B336 #36B972 #363CB9 #B9367E

square

#B9B336 #36B972 #363CB9 #B9367E

split-complementary

#B9B336 #367EB9 #7236B9

monochromatic

#5A571A #8A8528 #B9B336 #D0CA5D #DDDA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B9B336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B336

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B336	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)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c975',
    500: '#b9b336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b336;
$custom-light: #d1c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74946,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B336

secondary

#8386C8

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B336

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

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