#B9B33B#B9B33B

#B9B33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.138 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B33B
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -12.20, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 60.43, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0392 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.138 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9185, 42.8715, 10.4671)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B33B #3B41B9

analogous

#B9743B #B9B33B #80B93B

triadic

#B9B33B #3BB9B3 #B33BB9

tetradic

#B9B33B #3BB974 #3B41B9 #B93B80

square

#B9B33B #3BB974 #3B41B9 #B93B80

split-complementary

#B9B33B #3B80B9 #743BB9

monochromatic

#5C591D #8B862C #B9B33B #CDC864 #DCD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B9B33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B33B

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B33B	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)

#C2AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.138 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c978',
    500: '#b9b33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b33b;
$custom-light: #d1c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74984,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B33B

secondary

#888BC7

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B33B

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

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