#B9B738#B9B738

#B9B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.144 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B738
RGB	rgb(185, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -14.41, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 63.08, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0457 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.144 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6562, 44.4680, 10.3402)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B738 #383AB9

analogous

#B97738 #B9B738 #7AB938

triadic

#B9B738 #38B9B7 #B738B9

tetradic

#B9B738 #38B977 #383AB9 #B9387A

square

#B9B738 #38B977 #383AB9 #B9387A

split-complementary

#B9B738 #387AB9 #7738B9

monochromatic

#5B5A1C #8A892A #B9B738 #CFCD5F #DDDC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#B9B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B738

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B738	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)

#C6B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.144 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc77',
    500: '#b9b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b738;
$custom-light: #d1cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75832,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B738

secondary

#8586C8

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B738

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

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