#B9B533#B9B533

#B9B533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.145 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B533
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -13.63, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 64.14, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.044 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.145 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1304, 43.6023, 9.5915)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B533 #3337B9

analogous

#B97233 #B9B533 #7AB933

triadic

#B9B533 #33B9B5 #B533B9

tetradic

#B9B533 #33B972 #3337B9 #B9337A

square

#B9B533 #33B972 #3337B9 #B9337A

split-complementary

#B9B533 #337AB9 #7233B9

monochromatic

#595719 #898626 #B9B533 #D1CD58 #DEDC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B9B533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B533

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B533	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)

#C4AE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.145 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca74',
    500: '#b9b533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b533;
$custom-light: #d2ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B533

secondary

#8082C8

accent

#4CE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B533

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

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