#B9A429#B9A429

#B9A429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A429
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 77.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -5.20, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 61.96, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0213 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(33.6850, 37.0270, 7.4700)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A429 #293EB9

analogous

#B95C29 #B9A429 #86B929

triadic

#B9A429 #29B9A4 #A429B9

tetradic

#B9A429 #29B95C #293EB9 #B92986

square

#B9A429 #29B95C #293EB9 #B92986

split-complementary

#B9A429 #2986B9 #5C29B9

monochromatic

#554B13 #87781E #B9A429 #D7C249 #E2D37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B9A429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B9A429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A429

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A429	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A00C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be6d',
    500: '#b9a429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a429;
$custom-light: #d2be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71633,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.37025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A429

secondary

#7481CA

accent

#59E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A429

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

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