#B9B730#B9B730

#B9B730 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.149 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B730
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -14.79, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 65.89, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0475 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.149 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4760, 44.3959, 9.3909)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B730 #3032B9

analogous

#B97230 #B9B730 #76B930

triadic

#B9B730 #30B9B7 #B730B9

tetradic

#B9B730 #30B972 #3032B9 #B93076

square

#B9B730 #30B972 #3032B9 #B93076

split-complementary

#B9B730 #3076B9 #7230B9

monochromatic

#585717 #888723 #B9B730 #D3D154 #DFDE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B9B730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#B9B730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B730

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B730	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.149 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc73',
    500: '#b9b730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b730;
$custom-light: #d2cc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75779,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B730

secondary

#7C7DC9

accent

#48E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B730

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

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