#B9B339#B9B339

#B9B339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.140 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B339
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -12.31, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 61.20, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0397 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.14 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8676, 42.8512, 10.1992)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B339 #393FB9

analogous

#B97339 #B9B339 #7FB939

triadic

#B9B339 #39B9B3 #B339B9

tetradic

#B9B339 #39B973 #393FB9 #B9397F

square

#B9B339 #39B973 #393FB9 #B9397F

split-complementary

#B9B339 #397FB9 #7339B9

monochromatic

#5B581C #8A862B #B9B339 #CEC961 #DDD990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B9B339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B339

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B339	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)

#C2AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.140 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c977',
    500: '#b9b339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b339;
$custom-light: #d1c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74968,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B339

secondary

#8689C8

accent

#52DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B339

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

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