#B9A030#B9A030

#B9A030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A030
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -2.78, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 58.36, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0137 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.129 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1136, 35.6711, 7.9368)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A030 #3049B9

analogous

#B95B30 #B9A030 #8DB930

triadic

#B9A030 #30B9A0 #A030B9

tetradic

#B9A030 #30B95B #3049B9 #B9308D

square

#B9A030 #30B95B #3049B9 #B9308D

split-complementary

#B9A030 #308DB9 #5B30B9

monochromatic

#584C17 #887623 #B9A030 #D3BB54 #DFCF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B9A030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B9A030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A030

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A030	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)

#B19D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb70',
    500: '#b9a030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a030;
$custom-light: #d2bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70831,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A030

secondary

#7C8AC9

accent

#62E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A030

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

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