#B9B561#B9B561

#B9B561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.107 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B561
RGB	rgb(185, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 47.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -10.39, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 44.25, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0299 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.107 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6900, 44.2261, 17.8054)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B561 #6165B9

analogous

#B98961 #B9B561 #91B961

triadic

#B9B561 #61B9B5 #B561B9

tetradic

#B9B561 #61B989 #6165B9 #B96191

square

#B9B561 #61B989 #6165B9 #B96191

split-complementary

#B9B561 #6191B9 #8961B9

monochromatic

#6F6C31 #999544 #B9B561 #CCC98B #DFDDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B9B561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#B9B561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B561

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B561	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.107 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb90',
    500: '#b9b561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b561;
$custom-light: #d0cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 38.596,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75828,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B561

secondary

#A9AACD

accent

#5FCF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B561

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

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