#B9B833#B9B833

#B9B833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.148 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B833
RGB	rgb(185, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -15.16, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 65.24, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0483 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.148 109)
XYZ	xyz(37.7470, 44.8354, 9.7971)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B833 #3334B9

analogous

#B97533 #B9B833 #77B933

triadic

#B9B833 #33B9B8 #B833B9

tetradic

#B9B833 #33B975 #3334B9 #B93377

square

#B9B833 #33B975 #3334B9 #B93377

split-complementary

#B9B833 #3377B9 #7533B9

monochromatic

#595919 #898826 #B9B833 #D1D058 #DEDE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B9B833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#B9B833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B833

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B833	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.148 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd74',
    500: '#b9b833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b833;
$custom-light: #d2cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76017,
    "c": 0.14819,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.44834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B833

secondary

#8080C8

accent

#49E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B833

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

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