#B9B930#B9B930

#B9B930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.151 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B930
RGB	rgb(185, 185, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -15.81, 64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 66.62, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0504 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.151 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8914, 45.2268, 9.5294)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B930 #3030B9

analogous

#B97430 #B9B930 #74B930

triadic

#B9B930 #30B9B9 #B930B9

tetradic

#B9B930 #30B974 #3030B9 #B93074

square

#B9B930 #30B974 #3030B9 #B93074

split-complementary

#B9B930 #3074B9 #7430B9

monochromatic

#585817 #888823 #B9B930 #D3D354 #DFDF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B9B930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#B9B930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B930

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B930	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 185, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.151 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd73',
    500: '#b9b930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b930;
$custom-light: #d2cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76217,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B930

secondary

#7C7CC9

accent

#46E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B930

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

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