#B9A034#B9A034

#B9A034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A034
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -2.59, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 56.83, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0127 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.127 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1999, 35.7056, 8.3913)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A034 #344DB9

analogous

#B95E34 #B9A034 #90B934

triadic

#B9A034 #34B9A0 #A034B9

tetradic

#B9A034 #34B95E #344DB9 #B93490

square

#B9A034 #34B95E #344DB9 #B93490

split-complementary

#B9A034 #3490B9 #5E34B9

monochromatic

#594D19 #897727 #B9A034 #D1BA5A #DECE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B9A034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B9A034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A034

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A034	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)

#B09D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb72',
    500: '#b9a034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a034;
$custom-light: #d2bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7086,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A034

secondary

#818EC8

accent

#65DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A034

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

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