#B9B637#B9B637

#B9B637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.144 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B637
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -13.95, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 63.07, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0445 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.144 108)
XYZ	xyz(37.4265, 44.0472, 10.1442)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B637 #373AB9

analogous

#B97537 #B9B637 #7BB937

triadic

#B9B637 #37B9B6 #B637B9

tetradic

#B9B637 #37B975 #373AB9 #B9377B

square

#B9B637 #37B975 #373AB9 #B9377B

split-complementary

#B9B637 #377BB9 #7537B9

monochromatic

#5B591B #8A8829 #B9B637 #CFCD5E #DDDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#B9B637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B637

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B637	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)

#C5AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.144 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb76',
    500: '#b9b637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b637;
$custom-light: #d1cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.44046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B637

secondary

#8486C8

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B637

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

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