#B9B733#B9B733

#B9B733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.147 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B733
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -14.66, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 64.87, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0469 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.147 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5400, 44.4215, 9.7281)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B733 #3335B9

analogous

#B97433 #B9B733 #78B933

triadic

#B9B733 #33B9B7 #B733B9

tetradic

#B9B733 #33B974 #3335B9 #B93378

square

#B9B733 #33B974 #3335B9 #B93378

split-complementary

#B9B733 #3378B9 #7433B9

monochromatic

#595819 #898826 #B9B733 #D1CF58 #DEDD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9B733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#B9B733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B733

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B733	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C6AF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.147 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc74',
    500: '#b9b733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b733;
$custom-light: #d2cc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75798,
    "c": 0.14721,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B733

secondary

#8081C8

accent

#4AE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B733

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

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