#B9A337#B9A337

#B9A337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A337
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -4.04, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 56.54, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0165 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7960, 36.7862, 8.9340)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A337 #374DB9

analogous

#B96237 #B9A337 #8EB937

triadic

#B9A337 #37B9A3 #A337B9

tetradic

#B9A337 #37B962 #374DB9 #B9378E

square

#B9A337 #37B962 #374DB9 #B9378E

split-complementary

#B9A337 #378EB9 #6237B9

monochromatic

#5B501B #8A7929 #B9A337 #CFBC5E #DDD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B9A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B9A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A337

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A337	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)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd74',
    500: '#b9a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a337;
$custom-light: #d2bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71518,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A337

secondary

#8490C8

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A337

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

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