#B9B535#B9B535

#B9B535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.144 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B535
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -13.54, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 63.42, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0436 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.144 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1755, 43.6203, 9.8288)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B535 #3539B9

analogous

#B97335 #B9B535 #7BB935

triadic

#B9B535 #35B9B5 #B535B9

tetradic

#B9B535 #35B973 #3539B9 #B9357B

square

#B9B535 #35B973 #3539B9 #B9357B

split-complementary

#B9B535 #357BB9 #7335B9

monochromatic

#5A581A #898627 #B9B535 #D0CD5B #DEDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B9B535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B535

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B535	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)

#C4AE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.144 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca75',
    500: '#b9b535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b535;
$custom-light: #d2ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75375,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B535

secondary

#8284C8

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B535

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

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