#B9A033#B9A033

#B9A033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A033
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -2.64, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 57.22, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0129 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.127 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1776, 35.6967, 8.2739)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A033 #334CB9

analogous

#B95D33 #B9A033 #8FB933

triadic

#B9A033 #33B9A0 #A033B9

tetradic

#B9A033 #33B95D #334CB9 #B9338F

square

#B9A033 #33B95D #334CB9 #B9338F

split-complementary

#B9A033 #338FB9 #5D33B9

monochromatic

#594D19 #897726 #B9A033 #D1BA58 #DECE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B9A033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B9A033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A033

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A033	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)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb72',
    500: '#b9a033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a033;
$custom-light: #d2bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A033

secondary

#808DC8

accent

#64E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A033

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

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