#B9B736#B9B736

#B9B736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.145 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B736
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -14.51, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 63.81, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0462 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.145 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6083, 44.4488, 10.0877)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B736 #3638B9

analogous

#B97636 #B9B736 #7AB936

triadic

#B9B736 #36B9B7 #B736B9

tetradic

#B9B736 #36B976 #3638B9 #B9367A

square

#B9B736 #36B976 #3638B9 #B9367A

split-complementary

#B9B736 #367AB9 #7636B9

monochromatic

#5A591A #8A8828 #B9B736 #D0CE5D #DDDC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9B736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#B9B736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B736

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B736	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)

#C6B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.145 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc76',
    500: '#b9b736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b736;
$custom-light: #d1cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75818,
    "c": 0.14537,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B736

secondary

#8384C8

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B736

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

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