#B9A338#B9A338

#B9A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A338
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -3.98, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 56.14, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0162 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.126 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8202, 36.7959, 9.0615)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A338 #384EB9

analogous

#B96238 #B9A338 #8FB938

triadic

#B9A338 #38B9A3 #A338B9

tetradic

#B9A338 #38B962 #384EB9 #B9388F

square

#B9A338 #38B962 #384EB9 #B9388F

split-complementary

#B9A338 #388FB9 #6238B9

monochromatic

#5B501C #8A7A2A #B9A338 #CFBC5F #DDD08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B9A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B9A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A338

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A338	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd75',
    500: '#b9a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a338;
$custom-light: #d2bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71526,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A338

secondary

#8591C8

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A338

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

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