#B9B341#B9B341

#B9B341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.134 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B341
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -11.85, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 58.02, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0376 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.134 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0831, 42.9374, 11.3344)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B341 #4147B9

analogous

#B97741 #B9B341 #83B941

triadic

#B9B341 #41B9B3 #B341B9

tetradic

#B9B341 #41B977 #4147B9 #B94183

square

#B9B341 #41B977 #4147B9 #B94183

split-complementary

#B9B341 #4183B9 #7741B9

monochromatic

#5E5B21 #8C8731 #B9B341 #CBC76C #DBD899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B9B341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B341

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B341	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.134 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c97b',
    500: '#b9b341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b341;
$custom-light: #d1c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75034,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B341

secondary

#8F91C7

accent

#57D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B341

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

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