#B9A12F#B9A12F

#B9A12F 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	#B9A12F
RGB	rgb(185, 161, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -3.36, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 59.01, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0154 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.131 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2672, 36.0110, 7.8873)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A12F #2F47B9

analogous

#B95C2F #B9A12F #8CB92F

triadic

#B9A12F #2FB9A1 #A12FB9

tetradic

#B9A12F #2FB95C #2F47B9 #B92F8C

square

#B9A12F #2FB95C #2F47B9 #B92F8C

split-complementary

#B9A12F #2F8CB9 #5C2FB9

monochromatic

#574C16 #887723 #B9A12F #D3BD52 #DFCF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B9A12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B9A12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A12F

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A12F	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)

#B29D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 161, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc70',
    500: '#b9a12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a12f;
$custom-light: #d2bc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71035,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A12F

secondary

#7B89C9

accent

#61E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A12F

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

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