#B9B537#B9B537

#B9B537 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	#B9B537
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -13.44, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 62.69, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0431 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.143 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2224, 43.6391, 10.0761)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B537 #373BB9

analogous

#B97437 #B9B537 #7CB937

triadic

#B9B537 #37B9B5 #B537B9

tetradic

#B9B537 #37B974 #373BB9 #B9377C

square

#B9B537 #37B974 #373BB9 #B9377C

split-complementary

#B9B537 #377CB9 #7437B9

monochromatic

#5B591B #8A8729 #B9B537 #CFCC5E #DDDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#B9B537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B537

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B537	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)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.143 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca76',
    500: '#b9b537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b537;
$custom-light: #d1ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75389,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B537

secondary

#8486C8

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B537

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

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