#B9A339#B9A339

#B9A339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A339
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -3.93, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 55.73, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0159 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8449, 36.8058, 9.1916)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A339 #394FB9

analogous

#B96339 #B9A339 #8FB939

triadic

#B9A339 #39B9A3 #A339B9

tetradic

#B9A339 #39B963 #394FB9 #B9398F

square

#B9A339 #39B963 #394FB9 #B9398F

split-complementary

#B9A339 #398FB9 #6339B9

monochromatic

#5B511C #8A7A2B #B9A339 #CEBB61 #DDCF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B9A339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B9A339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A339

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A339	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)

#B39F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd75',
    500: '#b9a339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a339;
$custom-light: #d1bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71534,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A339

secondary

#8691C8

accent

#64DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A339

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

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