#B9B337#B9B337

#B9B337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.141 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B337
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -12.41, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 61.96, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0402 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8187, 42.8316, 9.9416)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B337 #373DB9

analogous

#B97237 #B9B337 #7EB937

triadic

#B9B337 #37B9B3 #B337B9

tetradic

#B9B337 #37B972 #373DB9 #B9377E

square

#B9B337 #37B972 #373DB9 #B9377E

split-complementary

#B9B337 #377EB9 #7237B9

monochromatic

#5B581B #8A8529 #B9B337 #CFCA5E #DDD98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B9B337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B9B337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B337

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B337	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c976',
    500: '#b9b337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b337;
$custom-light: #d1c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74953,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B337

secondary

#8487C8

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B337

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

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