#B9B430#B9B430

#B9B430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.146 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B430
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 48)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -13.26, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 64.81, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0432 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.146 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8638, 43.1715, 9.1868)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B430 #3035B9

analogous

#B96F30 #B9B430 #79B930

triadic

#B9B430 #30B9B4 #B430B9

tetradic

#B9B430 #30B96F #3035B9 #B93079

square

#B9B430 #30B96F #3035B9 #B93079

split-complementary

#B9B430 #3079B9 #6F30B9

monochromatic

#585517 #888523 #B9B430 #D3CE54 #DFDC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#B9B430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B430

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B430	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.146 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca72',
    500: '#b9b430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b430;
$custom-light: #d2ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75124,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B430

secondary

#7C7FC9

accent

#4CE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B430

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

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