#B9B433#B9B433

#B9B433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.144 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B433
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -13.12, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 63.77, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0426 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.144 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9278, 43.1971, 9.5240)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B433 #3338B9

analogous

#B97133 #B9B433 #7BB933

triadic

#B9B433 #33B9B4 #B433B9

tetradic

#B9B433 #33B971 #3338B9 #B9337B

square

#B9B433 #33B971 #3338B9 #B9337B

split-complementary

#B9B433 #337BB9 #7133B9

monochromatic

#595719 #898526 #B9B433 #D1CD58 #DEDB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B9B433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B433

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B433	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)

#C3AD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.144 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca74',
    500: '#b9b433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b433;
$custom-light: #d2ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75143,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B433

secondary

#8082C8

accent

#4DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B433

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

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