#B9A035#B9A035

#B9A035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.126 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A035
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -2.54, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 56.44, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0124 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.126 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2227, 35.7147, 8.5112)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A035 #354EB9

analogous

#B95E35 #B9A035 #90B935

triadic

#B9A035 #35B9A0 #A035B9

tetradic

#B9A035 #35B95E #354EB9 #B93590

square

#B9A035 #35B95E #354EB9 #B93590

split-complementary

#B9A035 #3590B9 #5E35B9

monochromatic

#5A4E1A #897727 #B9A035 #D0BA5B #DECE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B9A035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B9A035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A035

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A035	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)

#B09D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.126 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb73',
    500: '#b9a035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a035;
$custom-light: #d2bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70868,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A035

secondary

#828FC8

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A035

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

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