#B9B552#B9B552

#B9B552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.122 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B552
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 55.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -11.69, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 51.39, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0352 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.122 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0556, 43.9723, 14.4639)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B552 #5256B9

analogous

#B98252 #B9B552 #89B952

triadic

#B9B552 #52B9B5 #B552B9

tetradic

#B9B552 #52B982 #5256B9 #B95289

square

#B9B552 #52B982 #5256B9 #B95289

split-complementary

#B9B552 #5289B9 #8252B9

monochromatic

#67652A #938F3B #B9B552 #CBC87E #DCDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B9B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B552

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B552	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.122 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb86',
    500: '#b9b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b552;
$custom-light: #d0cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.67,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75638,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B552

secondary

#9D9FCA

accent

#5AD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B552

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

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