#B9B538#B9B538

#B9B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.142 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B538
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -13.39, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 62.32, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0428 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.142 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2467, 43.6488, 10.2037)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B538 #383CB9

analogous

#B97538 #B9B538 #7CB938

triadic

#B9B538 #38B9B5 #B538B9

tetradic

#B9B538 #38B975 #383CB9 #B9387C

square

#B9B538 #38B975 #383CB9 #B9387C

split-complementary

#B9B538 #387CB9 #7538B9

monochromatic

#5B591C #8A872A #B9B538 #CFCB5F #DDDB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B9B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#B9B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B538

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B538	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)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.142 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca77',
    500: '#b9b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b538;
$custom-light: #d1ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75396,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B538

secondary

#8587C8

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B538

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

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