#B9A137#B9A137

#B9A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A137
RGB	rgb(185, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -2.97, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 55.94, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0134 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.125 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4437, 36.0816, 8.8166)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A137 #374FB9

analogous

#B96037 #B9A137 #90B937

triadic

#B9A137 #37B9A1 #A137B9

tetradic

#B9A137 #37B960 #374FB9 #B93790

square

#B9A137 #37B960 #374FB9 #B93790

split-complementary

#B9A137 #3790B9 #6037B9

monochromatic

#5B4F1B #8A7829 #B9A137 #CFBA5E #DDCE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B9A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B9A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A137

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A137	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc74',
    500: '#b9a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a137;
$custom-light: #d2bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71095,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A137

secondary

#8491C8

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A137

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

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