#B9A33B#B9A33B

#B9A33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A33B
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -3.82, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 54.91, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0154 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.124 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8958, 36.8261, 9.4596)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A33B #3B51B9

analogous

#B9643B #B9A33B #90B93B

triadic

#B9A33B #3BB9A3 #A33BB9

tetradic

#B9A33B #3BB964 #3B51B9 #B93B90

square

#B9A33B #3BB964 #3B51B9 #B93B90

split-complementary

#B9A33B #3B90B9 #643BB9

monochromatic

#5C511D #8B7A2C #B9A33B #CDBB64 #DCCF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B9A33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B9A33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A33B

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A33B	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)

#B39F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd77',
    500: '#b9a33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a33b;
$custom-light: #d1bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71551,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A33B

secondary

#8893C7

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A33B

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

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