#B9B651#B9B651

#B9B651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.124 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B651
RGB	rgb(185, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -12.29, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 52.26, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.037 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.124 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2218, 44.3654, 14.3330)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B651 #5154B9

analogous

#B98251 #B9B651 #88B951

triadic

#B9B651 #51B9B6 #B651B9

tetradic

#B9B651 #51B982 #5154B9 #B95188

square

#B9B651 #51B982 #5154B9 #B95188

split-complementary

#B9B651 #5188B9 #8251B9

monochromatic

#666529 #92903B #B9B651 #CBC87D #DCDBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B9B651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B9B651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B651

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B651	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.124 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb85',
    500: '#b9b651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b651;
$custom-light: #d0cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75844,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B651

secondary

#9C9ECA

accent

#59D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B651

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

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