#B9B634#B9B634

#B9B634 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.146 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B634
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -14.10, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 64.15, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0452 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.146 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3568, 44.0193, 9.7769)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B634 #3437B9

analogous

#B97434 #B9B634 #7AB934

triadic

#B9B634 #34B9B6 #B634B9

tetradic

#B9B634 #34B974 #3437B9 #B9347A

square

#B9B634 #34B974 #3437B9 #B9347A

split-complementary

#B9B634 #347AB9 #7434B9

monochromatic

#595819 #898727 #B9B634 #D1CE5A #DEDC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B634 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B9B634 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B634

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B634	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B634	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)

#C5AF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b634;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.146 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb75',
    500: '#b9b634',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b634;
$custom-light: #d2cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b634",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75586,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B634

secondary

#8182C8

accent

#4CDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B634

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

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