#B9B536#B9B536

#B9B536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.143 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B536
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -13.49, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 63.06, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0433 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.143 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1987, 43.6296, 9.9512)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B536 #363AB9

analogous

#B97436 #B9B536 #7CB936

triadic

#B9B536 #36B9B5 #B536B9

tetradic

#B9B536 #36B974 #363AB9 #B9367C

square

#B9B536 #36B974 #363AB9 #B9367C

split-complementary

#B9B536 #367CB9 #7436B9

monochromatic

#5A581A #8A8728 #B9B536 #D0CC5D #DDDB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#B9B536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B536

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B536	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.143 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca75',
    500: '#b9b536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b536;
$custom-light: #d1ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75382,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B536

secondary

#8385C8

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B536

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

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