#B9B532#B9B532

#B9B532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.146 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B532
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -13.68, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 64.48, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0442 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1086, 43.5936, 9.4767)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B532 #3236B9

analogous

#B97132 #B9B532 #79B932

triadic

#B9B532 #32B9B5 #B532B9

tetradic

#B9B532 #32B971 #3236B9 #B93279

square

#B9B532 #32B971 #3236B9 #B93279

split-complementary

#B9B532 #3279B9 #7132B9

monochromatic

#595718 #898625 #B9B532 #D2CE57 #DFDC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B9B532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B532

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B532	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)

#C4AE19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca73',
    500: '#b9b532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b532;
$custom-light: #d2ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75355,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B532

secondary

#7F81C8

accent

#4CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B532

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

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