#B9B347#B9B347

#B9B347 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.129 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B347
RGB	rgb(185, 179, 71)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -11.47, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 55.49, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0358 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.129 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2663, 43.0106, 12.2989)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B347 #474DB9

analogous

#B97A47 #B9B347 #86B947

triadic

#B9B347 #47B9B3 #B347B9

tetradic

#B9B347 #47B97A #474DB9 #B94786

square

#B9B347 #47B97A #474DB9 #B94786

split-complementary

#B9B347 #4786B9 #7A47B9

monochromatic

#615E25 #8D8936 #B9B347 #CAC573 #DBD8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B9B347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B9B347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B347

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B347	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 179, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.129 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c97f',
    500: '#b9b347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b347;
$custom-light: #d1c97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75089,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B347

secondary

#9497C7

accent

#5AD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B347

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

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