#B9A236#B9A236

#B9A236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A236
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -3.55, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 56.64, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0152 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.127 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5954, 36.4230, 8.7501)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A236 #364DB9

analogous

#B96136 #B9A236 #8FB936

triadic

#B9A236 #36B9A2 #A236B9

tetradic

#B9A236 #36B961 #364DB9 #B9368F

square

#B9A236 #36B961 #364DB9 #B9368F

split-complementary

#B9A236 #368FB9 #6136B9

monochromatic

#5A4F1A #8A7928 #B9A236 #D0BB5D #DDCF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B9A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B9A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A236

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A236	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	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)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd74',
    500: '#b9a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a236;
$custom-light: #d2bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71298,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A236

secondary

#838FC8

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A236

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

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