#B9B836#B9B836

#B9B836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.146 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B836
RGB	rgb(185, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -15.02, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 64.18, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0476 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.146 109)
XYZ	xyz(37.8153, 44.8628, 10.1567)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B836 #3637B9

analogous

#B97736 #B9B836 #79B936

triadic

#B9B836 #36B9B8 #B836B9

tetradic

#B9B836 #36B977 #3637B9 #B93679

square

#B9B836 #36B977 #3637B9 #B93679

split-complementary

#B9B836 #3679B9 #7736B9

monochromatic

#5A5A1A #8A8928 #B9B836 #D0CF5D #DDDD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B9B836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#B9B836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B836

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B836	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)

#C7B01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.146 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd76',
    500: '#b9b836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b836;
$custom-light: #d1cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76037,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.44862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B836

secondary

#8384C8

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B836

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

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