#B9A331#B9A331

#B9A331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A331
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -4.33, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 58.86, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.018 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6608, 36.7321, 8.2221)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A331 #3147B9

analogous

#B95F31 #B9A331 #8BB931

triadic

#B9A331 #31B9A3 #A331B9

tetradic

#B9A331 #31B95F #3147B9 #B9318B

square

#B9A331 #31B95F #3147B9 #B9318B

split-complementary

#B9A331 #318BB9 #5F31B9

monochromatic

#584E17 #897824 #B9A331 #D2BE55 #DFD086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B9A331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B9A331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A331

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A331	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd71',
    500: '#b9a331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a331;
$custom-light: #d2bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71472,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A331

secondary

#7D8AC8

accent

#60E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A331

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

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