#B9A238#B9A238

#B9A238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A238
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -3.45, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 55.83, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0147 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.126 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6433, 36.4422, 9.0026)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A238 #384FB9

analogous

#B96138 #B9A238 #90B938

triadic

#B9A238 #38B9A2 #A238B9

tetradic

#B9A238 #38B961 #384FB9 #B93890

square

#B9A238 #38B961 #384FB9 #B93890

split-complementary

#B9A238 #3890B9 #6138B9

monochromatic

#5B501C #8A792A #B9A238 #CFBB5F #DDCF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B9A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B9A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A238

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A238	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)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd75',
    500: '#b9a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a238;
$custom-light: #d2bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71314,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A238

secondary

#8591C8

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A238

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

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