#B9B640#B9B640

#B9B640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.138 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B640
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -13.45, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 59.59, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0422 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.138 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6622, 44.1415, 11.3858)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B640 #4043B9

analogous

#B97A40 #B9B640 #80B940

triadic

#B9B640 #40B9B6 #B640B9

tetradic

#B9B640 #40B97A #4043B9 #B94080

square

#B9B640 #40B97A #4043B9 #B94080

split-complementary

#B9B640 #4080B9 #7A40B9

monochromatic

#5E5D21 #8C8930 #B9B640 #CCC96B #DBDA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B9B640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#B9B640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B640

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B640	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb7b',
    500: '#b9b640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b640;
$custom-light: #d1cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75677,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B640

secondary

#8E8FC7

accent

#53D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B640

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

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