#B9A22F#B9A22F

#B9A22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A22F
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -3.89, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 59.30, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0169 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4427, 36.3619, 7.9458)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A22F #2F46B9

analogous

#B95D2F #B9A22F #8BB92F

triadic

#B9A22F #2FB9A2 #A22FB9

tetradic

#B9A22F #2FB95D #2F46B9 #B92F8B

square

#B9A22F #2FB95D #2F46B9 #B92F8B

split-complementary

#B9A22F #2F8BB9 #5D2FB9

monochromatic

#574D16 #887723 #B9A22F #D3BE52 #DFD083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B9A22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B9A22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A22F

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A22F	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd70',
    500: '#b9a22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a22f;
$custom-light: #d2bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71247,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A22F

secondary

#7B88C9

accent

#5FE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A22F

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

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