#B9A42E#B9A42E

#B9A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A42E
RGB	rgb(185, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -5.00, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 60.25, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0202 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7779, 37.0642, 7.9592)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A42E #2E43B9

analogous

#B95E2E #B9A42E #89B92E

triadic

#B9A42E #2EB9A4 #A42EB9

tetradic

#B9A42E #2EB95E #2E43B9 #B92E89

square

#B9A42E #2EB95E #2E43B9 #B92E89

split-complementary

#B9A42E #2E89B9 #5E2EB9

monochromatic

#574D16 #887922 #B9A42E #D4C051 #E0D282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B9A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B9A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A42E

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A42E	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be70',
    500: '#b9a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a42e;
$custom-light: #d2be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71664,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A42E

secondary

#7A86C9

accent

#5CE344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A42E

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

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