#B9A02E#B9A02E

#B9A02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.131 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A02E
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -2.87, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 59.10, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0141 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.131 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0733, 35.6549, 7.7243)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A02E #2E47B9

analogous

#B95B2E #B9A02E #8CB92E

triadic

#B9A02E #2EB9A0 #A02EB9

tetradic

#B9A02E #2EB95B #2E47B9 #B92E8C

square

#B9A02E #2EB95B #2E47B9 #B92E8C

split-complementary

#B9A02E #2E8CB9 #5B2EB9

monochromatic

#574B16 #887622 #B9A02E #D4BC51 #E0CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B9A02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B9A02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A02E

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A02E	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.131 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb6f',
    500: '#b9a02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a02e;
$custom-light: #d2bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70817,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A02E

secondary

#7A88C9

accent

#61E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A02E

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

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