#B9A138#B9A138

#B9A138 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	#B9A138
RGB	rgb(185, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -2.92, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 55.53, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0132 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.125 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4679, 36.0913, 8.9441)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A138 #3850B9

analogous

#B96038 #B9A138 #91B938

triadic

#B9A138 #38B9A1 #A138B9

tetradic

#B9A138 #38B960 #3850B9 #B93891

square

#B9A138 #38B960 #3850B9 #B93891

split-complementary

#B9A138 #3891B9 #6038B9

monochromatic

#5B4F1C #8A782A #B9A138 #CFBA5F #DDCE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B9A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B9A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A138

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A138	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)

#B19E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc75',
    500: '#b9a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a138;
$custom-light: #d2bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71103,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A138

secondary

#8592C8

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A138

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

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