#B9B431#B9B431

#B9B431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.145 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B431
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -13.21, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 64.47, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.043 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.145 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8847, 43.1798, 9.2967)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B431 #3136B9

analogous

#B97031 #B9B431 #7AB931

triadic

#B9B431 #31B9B4 #B431B9

tetradic

#B9B431 #31B970 #3136B9 #B9317A

square

#B9B431 #31B970 #3136B9 #B9317A

split-complementary

#B9B431 #317AB9 #7031B9

monochromatic

#585617 #898524 #B9B431 #D2CD55 #DFDC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B9B431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B431

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B431	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.145 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca73',
    500: '#b9b431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b431;
$custom-light: #d2ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7513,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B431

secondary

#7D80C8

accent

#4CE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B431

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

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