#B9A12E#B9A12E

#B9A12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.131 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A12E
RGB	rgb(185, 161, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -3.40, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 59.38, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0156 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.131 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2473, 36.0030, 7.7823)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A12E #2E46B9

analogous

#B95B2E #B9A12E #8CB92E

triadic

#B9A12E #2EB9A1 #A12EB9

tetradic

#B9A12E #2EB95B #2E46B9 #B92E8C

square

#B9A12E #2EB95B #2E46B9 #B92E8C

split-complementary

#B9A12E #2E8CB9 #5B2EB9

monochromatic

#574C16 #887622 #B9A12E #D4BD51 #E0D082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B9A12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B9A12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A12E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A12E	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 161, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc6f',
    500: '#b9a12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a12e;
$custom-light: #d2bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71028,
    "c": 0.13124,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A12E

secondary

#7A88C9

accent

#60E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A12E

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

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