#B9A235#B9A235

#B9A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A235
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -3.61, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 57.03, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0155 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.128 97)
XYZ	xyz(33.5722, 36.4137, 8.6277)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A235 #354CB9

analogous

#B96035 #B9A235 #8EB935

triadic

#B9A235 #35B9A2 #A235B9

tetradic

#B9A235 #35B960 #354CB9 #B9358E

square

#B9A235 #35B960 #354CB9 #B9358E

split-complementary

#B9A235 #358EB9 #6035B9

monochromatic

#5A4F1A #897827 #B9A235 #D0BC5B #DECF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B9A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B9A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A235

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A235	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)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd73',
    500: '#b9a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a235;
$custom-light: #d2bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7129,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.36412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A235

secondary

#828EC8

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A235

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

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