#B9A334#B9A334

#B9A334 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A334
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 71.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -4.19, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 57.72, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0173 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7263, 36.7583, 8.5667)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A334 #344AB9

analogous

#B96134 #B9A334 #8DB934

triadic

#B9A334 #34B9A3 #A334B9

tetradic

#B9A334 #34B961 #344AB9 #B9348D

square

#B9A334 #34B961 #344AB9 #B9348D

split-complementary

#B9A334 #348DB9 #6134B9

monochromatic

#594F19 #897927 #B9A334 #D1BD5A #DED089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B9A334 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B9A334 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A334

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A334	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A334	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B39F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a334;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd73',
    500: '#b9a334',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a334;
$custom-light: #d2bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a334",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71494,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A334

secondary

#818DC8

accent

#61DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A334

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

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