#B9B531#B9B531

#B9B531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.146 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B531
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -13.73, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 64.83, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0445 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0873, 43.5850, 9.3643)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B531 #3135B9

analogous

#B97131 #B9B531 #79B931

triadic

#B9B531 #31B9B5 #B531B9

tetradic

#B9B531 #31B971 #3135B9 #B93179

square

#B9B531 #31B971 #3135B9 #B93179

split-complementary

#B9B531 #3179B9 #7131B9

monochromatic

#585617 #898624 #B9B531 #D2CE55 #DFDC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B9B531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B531

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B531	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca73',
    500: '#b9b531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b531;
$custom-light: #d2ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75348,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B531

secondary

#7D80C8

accent

#4BE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B531

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

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