#B9A239#B9A239

#B9A239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A239
RGB	rgb(185, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -3.39, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 55.43, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0144 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.125 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6681, 36.4521, 9.1327)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A239 #3950B9

analogous

#B96239 #B9A239 #90B939

triadic

#B9A239 #39B9A2 #A239B9

tetradic

#B9A239 #39B962 #3950B9 #B93990

square

#B9A239 #39B962 #3950B9 #B93990

split-complementary

#B9A239 #3990B9 #6239B9

monochromatic

#5B501C #8A792B #B9A239 #CEBB61 #DDCF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B9A239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B9A239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A239

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A239	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)

#B29E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd75',
    500: '#b9a239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a239;
$custom-light: #d2bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71323,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A239

secondary

#8692C8

accent

#66DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A239

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

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