#B9A335#B9A335

#B9A335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A335
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -4.14, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 57.33, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.017 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7490, 36.7674, 8.6866)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A335 #354BB9

analogous

#B96135 #B9A335 #8DB935

triadic

#B9A335 #35B9A3 #A335B9

tetradic

#B9A335 #35B961 #354BB9 #B9358D

square

#B9A335 #35B961 #354BB9 #B9358D

split-complementary

#B9A335 #358DB9 #6135B9

monochromatic

#5A4F1A #897927 #B9A335 #D0BD5B #DED08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B9A335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B9A335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A335

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A335	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)

#B39F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd73',
    500: '#b9a335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a335;
$custom-light: #d2bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71502,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A335

secondary

#828EC8

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A335

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

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