#B9B630#B9B630

#B9B630 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.148 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B630
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -14.28, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 65.53, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0461 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.148 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2705, 43.9848, 9.3224)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B630 #3033B9

analogous

#B97130 #B9B630 #77B930

triadic

#B9B630 #30B9B6 #B630B9

tetradic

#B9B630 #30B971 #3033B9 #B93077

square

#B9B630 #30B971 #3033B9 #B93077

split-complementary

#B9B630 #3077B9 #7130B9

monochromatic

#585617 #888623 #B9B630 #D3D054 #DFDD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B630 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B9B630 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B630

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B630	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B630	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b630;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.148 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb73',
    500: '#b9b630',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b630;
$custom-light: #d2cb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b630",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7556,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B630

secondary

#7C7EC9

accent

#49E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B630

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

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