#B9A231#B9A231

#B9A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A231
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -3.80, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 58.56, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0165 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4840, 36.3784, 8.1632)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A231 #3148B9

analogous

#B95E31 #B9A231 #8CB931

triadic

#B9A231 #31B9A2 #A231B9

tetradic

#B9A231 #31B95E #3148B9 #B9318C

square

#B9A231 #31B95E #3148B9 #B9318C

split-complementary

#B9A231 #318CB9 #5E31B9

monochromatic

#584D17 #897824 #B9A231 #D2BD55 #DFD086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B9A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B9A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A231

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A231	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd71',
    500: '#b9a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a231;
$custom-light: #d2bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71261,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A231

secondary

#7D8AC8

accent

#61E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A231

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

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