#B9A336#B9A336

#B9A336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A336
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -4.09, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 56.94, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0167 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.128 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7723, 36.7767, 8.8090)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A336 #364CB9

analogous

#B96236 #B9A336 #8EB936

triadic

#B9A336 #36B9A3 #A336B9

tetradic

#B9A336 #36B962 #364CB9 #B9368E

square

#B9A336 #36B962 #364CB9 #B9368E

split-complementary

#B9A336 #368EB9 #6236B9

monochromatic

#5A501A #8A7928 #B9A336 #D0BC5D #DDD08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B9A336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B9A336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A336

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A336	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd74',
    500: '#b9a336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a336;
$custom-light: #d2bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7151,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A336

secondary

#838FC8

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A336

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

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