#B9A232#B9A232

#B9A232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.130 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A232
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 73%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -3.75, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 58.19, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0162 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.13 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5053, 36.3870, 8.2756)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A232 #3249B9

analogous

#B95E32 #B9A232 #8CB932

triadic

#B9A232 #32B9A2 #A232B9

tetradic

#B9A232 #32B95E #3249B9 #B9328C

square

#B9A232 #32B95E #3249B9 #B9328C

split-complementary

#B9A232 #328CB9 #5E32B9

monochromatic

#594E18 #897825 #B9A232 #D2BD57 #DFD087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B9A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B9A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A232

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A232	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)

#B29E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.130 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd71',
    500: '#b9a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a232;
$custom-light: #d2bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71268,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A232

secondary

#7F8BC8

accent

#61E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A232

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

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