#B9B830#B9B830

#B9B830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.150 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B830
RGB	rgb(185, 184, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -15.30, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 66.26, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.049 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.15 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6830, 44.8098, 9.4599)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B830 #3031B9

analogous

#B97330 #B9B830 #75B930

triadic

#B9B830 #30B9B8 #B830B9

tetradic

#B9B830 #30B973 #3031B9 #B93075

square

#B9B830 #30B973 #3031B9 #B93075

split-complementary

#B9B830 #3075B9 #7330B9

monochromatic

#585717 #888823 #B9B830 #D3D254 #DFDE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B9B830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#B9B830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B830

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B830	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 184, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.150 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd73',
    500: '#b9b830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b830;
$custom-light: #d2cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75998,
    "c": 0.14991,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B830

secondary

#7C7DC9

accent

#47E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B830

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

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