#B9B338#B9B338

#B9B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.140 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B338
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -12.36, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 61.58, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.04 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.14 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8429, 42.8413, 10.0691)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B338 #383EB9

analogous

#B97238 #B9B338 #7FB938

triadic

#B9B338 #38B9B3 #B338B9

tetradic

#B9B338 #38B972 #383EB9 #B9387F

square

#B9B338 #38B972 #383EB9 #B9387F

split-complementary

#B9B338 #387FB9 #7238B9

monochromatic

#5B581C #8A862A #B9B338 #CFCA5F #DDD98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B9B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B338

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B338	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.140 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c976',
    500: '#b9b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b338;
$custom-light: #d1c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74961,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B338

secondary

#8588C8

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B338

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

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