#B9A237#B9A237

#B9A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A237
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -3.50, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 56.24, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.015 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.126 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6191, 36.4325, 8.8750)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A237 #374EB9

analogous

#B96137 #B9A237 #8FB937

triadic

#B9A237 #37B9A2 #A237B9

tetradic

#B9A237 #37B961 #374EB9 #B9378F

square

#B9A237 #37B961 #374EB9 #B9378F

split-complementary

#B9A237 #378FB9 #6137B9

monochromatic

#5B4F1B #8A7929 #B9A237 #CFBB5E #DDCF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B9A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B9A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A237

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A237	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd74',
    500: '#b9a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a237;
$custom-light: #d2bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71306,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A237

secondary

#8490C8

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A237

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

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