#B9A134#B9A134

#B9A134 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A134
RGB	rgb(185, 161, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -3.12, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 57.13, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0142 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.128 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3740, 36.0537, 8.4493)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A134 #344CB9

analogous

#B95F34 #B9A134 #8FB934

triadic

#B9A134 #34B9A1 #A134B9

tetradic

#B9A134 #34B95F #344CB9 #B9348F

square

#B9A134 #34B95F #344CB9 #B9348F

split-complementary

#B9A134 #348FB9 #5F34B9

monochromatic

#594E19 #897727 #B9A134 #D1BB5A #DECF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B9A134 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B9A134 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A134

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A134	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A134	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a134;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 161, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc72',
    500: '#b9a134',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a134;
$custom-light: #d2bc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a134",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71071,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A134

secondary

#818EC8

accent

#64DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A134

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

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