#B9B635#B9B635

#B9B635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.145 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B635
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -14.05, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 63.79, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.045 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.145 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3795, 44.0284, 9.8968)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B635 #3538B9

analogous

#B97435 #B9B635 #7AB935

triadic

#B9B635 #35B9B6 #B635B9

tetradic

#B9B635 #35B974 #3538B9 #B9357A

square

#B9B635 #35B974 #3538B9 #B9357A

split-complementary

#B9B635 #357AB9 #7435B9

monochromatic

#5A581A #898727 #B9B635 #D0CD5B #DEDC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#B9B635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B635

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B635	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.145 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb75',
    500: '#b9b635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b635;
$custom-light: #d2cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75593,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B635

secondary

#8284C8

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B635

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

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