#B9B438#B9B438

#B9B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.141 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B438
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -12.88, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 61.95, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0414 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.141 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0440, 43.2436, 10.1361)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B438 #383DB9

analogous

#B97338 #B9B438 #7EB938

triadic

#B9B438 #38B9B4 #B438B9

tetradic

#B9B438 #38B973 #383DB9 #B9387E

square

#B9B438 #38B973 #383DB9 #B9387E

split-complementary

#B9B438 #387EB9 #7338B9

monochromatic

#5B591C #8A862A #B9B438 #CFCA5F #DDDA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B9B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B9B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B438

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B438	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)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.141 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca76',
    500: '#b9b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b438;
$custom-light: #d1ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75178,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B438

secondary

#8588C8

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B438

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

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