#B9B446#B9B446

#B9B446 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.131 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B446
RGB	rgb(185, 180, 70)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 62.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -12.05, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 56.31, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0376 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.131 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4356, 43.4002, 12.1983)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B446 #464BB9

analogous

#B97A46 #B9B446 #85B946

triadic

#B9B446 #46B9B4 #B446B9

tetradic

#B9B446 #46B97A #464BB9 #B94685

square

#B9B446 #46B97A #464BB9 #B94685

split-complementary

#B9B446 #4685B9 #7A46B9

monochromatic

#605E24 #8D8935 #B9B446 #CAC672 #DBD89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B9B446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B9B446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B446

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B446	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 180, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.131 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca7e',
    500: '#b9b446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b446;
$custom-light: #d1ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75296,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B446

secondary

#9496C7

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B446

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

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