#B9B437#B9B437

#B9B437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.142 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B437
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -12.93, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 62.32, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0416 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.142 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0198, 43.2339, 10.0086)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B437 #373CB9

analogous

#B97337 #B9B437 #7DB937

triadic

#B9B437 #37B9B4 #B437B9

tetradic

#B9B437 #37B973 #373CB9 #B9377D

square

#B9B437 #37B973 #373CB9 #B9377D

split-complementary

#B9B437 #377DB9 #7337B9

monochromatic

#5B581B #8A8629 #B9B437 #CFCB5E #DDDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B9B437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B437

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B437	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.142 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca76',
    500: '#b9b437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b437;
$custom-light: #d1ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75171,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B437

secondary

#8487C8

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B437

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

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