#B9B734#B9B734

#B9B734 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 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B734
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -14.61, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 64.52, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0467 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.147 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5623, 44.4304, 9.8454)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B734 #3436B9

analogous

#B97534 #B9B734 #79B934

triadic

#B9B734 #34B9B7 #B734B9

tetradic

#B9B734 #34B975 #3436B9 #B93479

square

#B9B734 #34B975 #3436B9 #B93479

split-complementary

#B9B734 #3479B9 #7534B9

monochromatic

#595819 #898827 #B9B734 #D1CF5A #DEDD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9B734 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#B9B734 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B734

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B734	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B734	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b734;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.147 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc75',
    500: '#b9b734',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b734;
$custom-light: #d2cc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b734",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75805,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B734

secondary

#8182C8

accent

#4BDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B734

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

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