#B9A342#B9A342

#B9A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A342
RGB	rgb(185, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -3.39, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 51.91, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0133 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.119 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0897, 36.9037, 10.4807)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A342 #4258B9

analogous

#B96842 #B9A342 #93B942

triadic

#B9A342 #42B9A3 #A342B9

tetradic

#B9A342 #42B968 #4258B9 #B94293

square

#B9A342 #42B968 #4258B9 #B94293

split-complementary

#B9A342 #4293B9 #6842B9

monochromatic

#5F5422 #8C7B32 #B9A342 #CBBA6D #DBCF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B9A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B9A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A342

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A342	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be7b',
    500: '#b9a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a342;
$custom-light: #d1be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71616,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A342

secondary

#909AC7

accent

#6AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A342

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

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