#B9A032#B9A032

#B9A032 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.128 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A032
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -2.69, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 57.61, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0132 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.128 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1558, 35.6880, 8.1591)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A032 #324BB9

analogous

#B95C32 #B9A032 #8EB932

triadic

#B9A032 #32B9A0 #A032B9

tetradic

#B9A032 #32B95C #324BB9 #B9328E

square

#B9A032 #32B95C #324BB9 #B9328E

split-complementary

#B9A032 #328EB9 #5C32B9

monochromatic

#594D18 #897625 #B9A032 #D2BB57 #DFCE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B9A032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B9A032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A032

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A032	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.128 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb71',
    500: '#b9a032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a032;
$custom-light: #d2bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70845,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A032

secondary

#7F8CC8

accent

#64E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A032

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

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